> No. Although some magnetotail probes have passed through the > vicinity > of Earth-Sun L2, none have been stationed here. But MAP will be the > first of many, there are about 10 spacecraft planned for L2 in the > next decade. The majority of new major astronomy spacecraft will > be either at L2 or in Earth-trailing solar orbit, both of which > will provide interesting challenges for SeeSat-L observers. Just curious - how large is L2? Is it just one precise point, is it multi-km ^ 3 ? If you're going to fit 10 spacecraft at L2, I would think that L2 would be at least 100 km ^ 3 (if it's smaller than that, then you're going to have a risk of collision that will be greater than intentional ignorance). Just to be sure - we're talking about L2 in the Sun - Earth system, right? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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