[amsat-bb] Re: apogee prediction?

David Johnson dave at thejohnsonsonline.net
Tue Jul 16 00:17:07 PDT 2013


Hi Bob,

Are you looking for the subsat point at apogee? If so the calculation is
dead easy. I could add it to AmsatDroid.

Dave
On 16 Jul 2013 07:49, "Bob- W7LRD" <w7lrd at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello (again)...Is there a way (program) that one can predict when the
> apogee of a given satellite will favor a given grid square? Specifically
> FO29 varies from about 813 km to 1351km. One can potentially "stretch" the
> footprint when it is at apogee.
> 73 Bob W7LRD
> (sunny) Seattle
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