> One (of many) counterexamples to this statement is the Israeli > satellite > Ofeq 3 (23549 = 95-018A) which is in a 143-degree inclined orbit > which one can consider to be in a retrograde 37-degree orbit : > > Ofeq 3 1.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 v 1.5 > 1 23549U 95018A 00058.76384949 .00045892 00000-0 16720-2 0 > 6464 > 2 23549 143.3364 244.7978 0005048 203.1428 156.9088 > 15.26593412272104 > > (I imagine the "wrongness" of its direction of travel had to with > geo- > political constraints on the launch direction.) But if it is a retrograde orbit, how does it stay in orbit? What is the difference in relation to the graviton field of Earth if a satellite is in a reverse "normal" orbit, or in a retrograde orbit? --------------------------- Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com "If you come from a little bit of slime out of a pool, then what's so great about life?" --- Arizona Representative Karen Johnson, on the implications of biological evolution ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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