> > I am surpised that Iridium 73 can still be maintaining its attitude, as it does > not appear to have any periodical orbital adjustments. > It is in a "spares'" orbit, so its MM is not synchronized with any other Iridium. So, to conserve fuel, it doesn't need any periodic orbit adjustments. It has to maintain attitude, or at least control, so that it can be thrusted to the operational orbit when required. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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