Back after an extended absence and an email address change. Reading through the WGS-3 MOB courtesy of ULA last night and the great Boeing commercial that aired during the launch last night. I noted that plans are for 5 birds for the USA and Australia getting the 6th bird. We don't know where WGS 1 finally ended up but WGS 2 is at 60E and WGS 3 is slotted for 12W, that gives a 72 degree separation for the 5 US birds (360/5=72) and my guess is that WGS 6 also winds up somewhere between 120E and 150E to give coverage for their fleet ops. So I'm thinking the following: WGS 1 is located at 132E, WGS 2-60E, WGS 3-12W, WGS 4-84W and WGS 5 at 156W. Have I over simplified this or just over tired? Tim Luton 8536 Suffolk, VA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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