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by Cal Harth
Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:17 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Which satellite is this?
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Thanks Bob for posing the question, The object appears to be in a high orbit as others have suggested -maybe 35,000 to 40,000 miles above earth's surface, and at about a thirty degree angle to the ecliptic. Nations close to the equater launch satellites at small angles like that. It is far too high ...