On 10/10/2012 06:30 AM, Hal Murray wrote:
[email protected] said:
The satellites are in 12 hour orbits. Everything repeats every 12 hours.
But the sun is on a 24 hr. period and if you did two 12 hour tests you don't
want to do one at night and one in day. So start each test at the same
time of day let it run for 12+ hours.
Thanks.
After poking around a bit...
That's 12 Sidereal hours rather than 12 UTC hours.
Rarther, it's 11 hours and 58 minutes UTC.
It revolves about 2x366.35 times the globe over a year. I don't remember
why they choose such an orbit, but it has its uses.
Cheers,
Magnus
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