On 8/8/11 6:09 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
> Rich,
>
> Orbital dynamics are not all that intuitive.
That's absolutely right. Some historical trivia: even NASA tripped over
this in the early days. When the Gemini IV crew tried to rendezvous with
their spent booster, they kept missing. They were try
Thanks to John, Roland, and Alan for answering this. Makes perfect sense,
I was having a head-scratching moment though. Enlightenment received and
appreciated!
N8UX.
At 09:09 AM 8/8/2011, you wrote:
>Rich,
>
>Orbital dynamics are not all that intuitive. Hand waving answer: By
>kicking it off
Rich,
Orbital dynamics are not all that intuitive. Hand waving answer: By
kicking it off the tailgate, it was deployed into a _slightly_ lower orbit.
You can see that showing up in your tracking programs as well. However,
objects in lower orbits have shorter periods. At 370 km the ISS is about
That's right! See why here :
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/atrito.htm
Sorry, is in Portuguese. Use the google translator.
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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With the speed reduction, the satellite drops to a lower orbit. The lower
the orbit, the less time it takes to go around the Earth, hence it passes
satellites in higher orbits.
John WA4WDL
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