You can also use LEO com sat constellations like Iridium or Orbcom. Lack of geo coverage at the high latitudes is also why the Russians have their Molynia com sats in highly elliptical orbits. With three in a constellation at least one is always hanging over the north pole. ----------- Brian Sent from my iPhone On 2009-10-25, at 9:04 PM, Ralph McConahy <rwmcconahy4@comcast.net> wrote: > Dale Ireland asked: >>> 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? > > See: > http://ice.rsmas.miami.edu/access.phtml > http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0910/13tdrs/ > http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/research/comm/p1.html > http://www.tradelineinc.com/reports/0BA3D089-2B3B- > B525-855A47D0E289E44C > (see heading "Satellites" on the last one) > > --- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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