About 700km above the earth, or 435 miles. Your range will vary, of course (it's 700km above you only during a 90 pass! other times, it's more...)
That's less than the distance between Savannah, GA and Miami, FL! 73, Mark N8MH On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Ronald Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > I should know the answer to this one. I am looking at the satellite data > on SO-50. How many miles up in orbit is it from the ground (approx). > Trying to explain to a non-ham how far away the satellite is. > > Ron > Ka4kyi > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _______________________________________________ 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
