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Aug 3, 2008

geosynchronous orbit

This reminded me of the discussion we had during lecture about satellites:
Wired News Blog
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/spacex-falcon-1.html
(they mention that the orbital angle is inclined 9 degrees.. presumably from the equator?)

More info:
Geostationary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary
Geosynchronous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit

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