Jonathan T Wojack wrote: > Does anyone know precisely what a "graveyard orbit" is like? i.e., what > are the orbit parameters? The "graveyard orbit" is rather poorly defined. It is a higher than geostationary orbit but the difference in semimajor axis (ie. period ie. mean motion M) depends on the amount of propellants avaliable for final orbit adjustments. See for example: http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1988/I098A.HTM http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1988/I051A.HTM http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1988/I108A.HTM http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1989/I004A.HTM http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1989/I062A.HTM http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1989/I048A.HTM http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1989/I062A.HTM Mgr. Antonin Vitek, CSc. Office: Main Library, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Narodni 3, CZ-11522 Praha 1 - Phone: +420(2)21403255, fax +420(2)24240611 Home: Kytin 127, CZ-25210 Mnisek p. B., Czech Republic Phone: +420(305)592865 - Coord.: 14.2194 deg E, 49.8488 deg N, 442 m ASL My satellite home page: http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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