Hello I have a friend who is sitting at Mcmurdo Station today waiting for a plane to take him to the south pole where he will spend a year studying neutrinos. I am wondering how they get high speed communications there. Wouldn't all the geosynchronous satellites always be a few degrees below the horizon as seen from the poles? Are there other goesats that have inclined orbits that would put them above the horizon as seen from the poles for part of the day? I know Amsat has some communication satellites with highly eccentric orbits that make them "hover" of a location for extended periods before diving back to perigee. Anyone know what they use at the south pole? Dale Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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