Hello James, Most if not all NOAA weather sats and russian Meteor weather sats were launched in a 98 degrees orbit Also the ESA ERS 1&2 sats. And there are more. The israeli Offeq sats were launched in 143 degrees orbits, due to the launch constraints from Israel. Orbital elements are available at OIG, at http://oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "j smith" <zeus001002@earthlink.net> Subject: Retrograde objects and UNIDENTIFIEDS > In particular are retrograde objects with inclinations of around 137 degrees and 101 degrees. A journal article (Bagby J.P., Natural Earth Satellites, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 34, #7,pg 289-293, 1981) suggested that these observed objects were still in orbit in 1981 but I have found no reference to them since that time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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