At 05:07 PM 2/25/2010 +0000, Bob- W7LRD <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello Is there a "easy" way of figuring out where/when a given apogee will >at a given lat.long? I want to try to predetermine when the apogee will >be on AO-7 to favor the northern hemisphere. To "maybe" help in dx >contacts. The difference is only bout 17km in altitude, it just might >streeeetch the footprint enough. Also just how much does the 17km add to >the footprint? 73 Bob W7LRD
OK, Now to answer your question Bob. If you want that extra 15km of altitude you get with AO-7 at apogee, the next time AO-7 will be having apogees at the most northern latitudes it reaches will be on orbits around June 17th to the 18th. Apogee will occur around 78 degrees N Lat. KB7ADL _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
