Re: ESSAIM satellite orbit manoeuver's

From: Ralph McConahy (rwmcconahy@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Mar 23 2005 - 12:54:13 EST

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Kevin Fetter wrote:
The ESSAIM satellite's are being manoeuvered to there final operating orbits. They been moving around, the past couple weeks. One will follow the other by around 100 m. They will be in two seperate orbital planes. 

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I'm curious how that works--how does one satellite stay within 100 meters of the other while they are in two separate orbital planes?

  Ralph McConahy
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