[amsat-bb] Re: SO-50 question

[Mark L. Hammond]

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 <rnutter at networkref.com> 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
>
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]