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To: Moominoid who wrote (7805)	8/27/2001 10:54:17 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>They do need to go faster if they are closer to the Earth but the size isn't important from that perspective.<< When you're building a multi-million dollar satellite system, everything matters. Once they are launched, the satellites can't be refueled. Every bit of fuel they use is gone forever. Even though they use a tiny amount every day, eventually the fuel is used up and the satellite is worthless. By international convention, they must retain enough fuel to deorbit, which means burn up in the earth's atmosphere, gone forever. Some people at Orbital succeeded in refueling some of their satellites, so maybe in the future that will be done, but not now. Thank you for agreeing that I am right. I knew it already, but it's nice to communicate with someone who has the strength of character to admit it. I don't ever get into a pissing match about something I know nothing about - I am not a rocket scientist but satellites are something I do know something about, as an intelligent layman. I don't pretend to be an expert but I am not just winging it.