Re: Geostationary and Repositionable?

From: Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2000 - 21:44:54 PDT

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> > Oh, another thing, are there *any* satellites that in equitorial orbits
> that
> > circle the earth to the west?
>
> No, there are some that are seriously retrograde (the Israeli Ofeq
> satellites, for example), but none really close to 180 degree inclination
> that I know of.
>
OTOH, there are many near-synchronous satellites with Mean Motion < 1.002
that DRIFT east to west.


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