Agreed - on an off-topic subject (purists should look away now) - Omid does not transmit on passes to the north of Iran because it is out of sight. It's unfortunate from Itan's point of view that India is there. However, the range of potential launch azimuth is such that a sun-sychronous orbit is achievable should Iran ever build and launch its own observation satellite. See the third paragraph here: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/Omid/Omid.php Bob Christy Gerhard HOLTKAMP wrote: > ............Looks to me that the 55 degree inclination was chosen > because it is the lowest inclination which avoids the Indian coastline after > a launch from Iran......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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