Figuring that they are moving at about 8km/second that's a delta of about 1 seconds/orbit or about 16 seconds/day - 160 sec for 10 days. Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL -----Original Message----- From: Steve Newcomb [mailto:snewcomb@gcnetmail.net] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:19 AM To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: RE: suitsat released > NASA commentator said that Suitsat was moving away from ISS at a rate of about 8 km per orbit. So after 10 days at approx 15 3/4 orbits per day they are approx 1260 km apart. What kind of time separation would that be? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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