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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (4804)	5/21/1999 9:11:00 AM
From: CommSatMan	Read Replies (1) of 29987

Maurice, I agree with your logic about the delay, but just for the record the round trip delay for a 4,000 Km satellite is about 27 milliseconds, but it still keeps you below 150 milliseconds. Ephemeris is used to describe the location of a satellite. There are several formats but one of the most commonly used is called a NORAD two element set. It is used to allow you to calculate where the satellite is at any given time by describing its orbit. In a typical stabilized satellite, the vehicle is compensating for drag and is either raising its altitude or remaining fairly constant. A vehicle that is descending in altitude raises questions because it appears to not be accounting for drag and thus no longer stabilized. One of the G* satellites appears to be decreasing in altitude and that is what prompted the question. CSM

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