Paco Ocaņa wrote: > And a newbie question. Both orbits are very exccentric. So I suppose > that certain parts of the groundtrack will have more probability to > be the place of the decay (at the perigee) or not? Is it possible to > calculate that perigee groundpoints for the orbit? latitude of perigee = asin(sin(inc) * sin(arg perigee)) For Molniya orbits, perigee typically will be in the southern hemisphere. I recommend signing up to Space Track for information on decays. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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