Re: "Concerned citizens" only hope for SPS......by Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill

: Fred J. McCall <fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: There's nothing that says you can't put your SPS into a Molniya orbit
: rather than at GEO.

Well, the *receiving* station is likely to be geostatinary. So if the
satellite isn't, it'll need more complicated aiming and tracking systems.
So, additional expense and complexity of the system seems to be
"something", so "nothing" seems inaccurate.

Can still be done, of course.
But there are significantly more problems, naict.


Wayne Throop throopw@xxxxxxxxx http://sheol.org/throopw
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