Echostar 11 Earth Camera?

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Smith P.

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• May 19, 2009

• #41

If the meteor will hit other side of Earth ?

22 degree ? Actually there is precession of Earth ax.

 

Turksat

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• May 19, 2009

• #42

Wait a minute, is the shot above live from the satellite? Is the satellite that far out?! To be able to get a shot of the earth in its entirety, you would have to be pretty far out.

 

Jim S.

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• May 20, 2009

• #43

The satellite is over 22000 miles out. I think the earth is around 6000 miles wide.

And to answer the other person, yes, the angle of illumination will change with the seasons.

 

birkoff

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• May 21, 2009

• #44

Jim,
So your saying the terminator line will be vertical at some point during the
year? Maybe twice?

 

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SatPhreak

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• May 21, 2009

• #45

If the terminator line means when it is half light and half dark equally in the north and south hemispheres, then yes it will occur twice a year. Spring equinox and fall equinox, since the sat is always above the equator and at the spring/fall equinoxes the sun is also above the equator, the dark/light line will go from north pole to south pole.