> Any force with a component perpindicular to orbit plane, > causes a change in the inclination. > Because the upper atmosphere has a bulk motion, relative to > the rotating Earth, air drag has a very small compenent > in this direction, which causes a barely detectable change > in inclination over the lifetime of a satellite. This is > mentioned in Desmond King-Hele's books. There have been > proposals to used a tethered lifting wing lowered down from > a satellite to get plane changes without fuel use. Is the content or detailed summaries of these proposals on the web somewhere? ================================================================ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com Stay up-to-date on all events in space! Visit http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99/ Updated at least once per day! ________________________________________________________________ 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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