> One of the Molniyas has an apogee of 79 km (79 x 1,550 km), so it has to be > almost glowing red hot by then! That would, of course, be the *perigee* rather than the apogee. And while I've heard of satellites having a perigee as low as 75 statute miles and staying in orbit (though only for a pass or two, done to get a close look at something on the ground), 79 *km* is not even in any of the the accepted definitions of space. Do you have more information about this satellite; it seems like it might be a mistake? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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