> > I didn't think that two operational Iridium satellites > > would be so close together -- aren't there 11 satellites > > spread out evenly in one orbital plane? > > Indeed, the operational satellites are evenly spaced around each > plane, and the next would not be along for around another 9 minutes. So, an operational Iridium satellite is in a ~ 90-minute orbit? With 6 orbital planes? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ 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/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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