Re: Japansese First Military Sat

From: Willie Koorts (wpk@saao.ac.za)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 02:28:14 EST

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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, [ISO-2022-JP] $B<i!!?.?M(B wrote:

> Tanegashima Island, which is located off Kagoshima City in southern Japan.
> The H2A rocket will carry two IGSs(Information Gathering Satellites) into
> a Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent orbit, which is a circular polar orbit.
> The altitude of the orbit is estimated to be 400-500 km. The orbit is
> designed to return to the same point every 4 days.

If I may ask a stupid question, I assume "sub-recurrent" refers to "return 
to the same point every 4 days".  Correct?  If not, can someone please 
explain a sub-recurrent orbit to me.

Thanks
Willie

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