3 Jun
2004
3 Jun
'04
11:20 p.m.
Chuck Hards wrote:
I guess Iridium satellites are not geo-synchronous or they'd be concentrated near the equator no matter what your earthly viewpoint.
Right you are. They are in near polar orbits (about 86 degree inclination) so they can show up most any place in the sky, day or night. Patrick