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To: Cincinatus' Wife
From a stationary position 438 miles above Earth, Glory will inventory atmospheric aerosols...

If is 'stationery' at 438 miles, it will burn up in atmosphere. Geosynchronous orbit is 22,000 mi out.

Kinda makes one question the whole project. (As if we needed other reasons to do so)

16 posted on 01/12/2011 2:15:14 AM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Islander7

I just posted the following to their comments section:

“How can it be stationary at 438 miles up? Don’t you people understand how geostationary satellites work? If you don’t understand that, how can we trust anything you say about science?

And why would it even make sense to be stationary over one spot, if it is trying measure the whole planet?”


18 posted on 01/12/2011 2:34:11 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Our Constitution: the new Inconvenient Truth)
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To: Islander7

I knew someone else would notice that. The author mentions that the satellite is going to join the A-train and then says it will be stationary. Doh!


25 posted on 01/12/2011 3:05:26 AM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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