Re: Life is a movie, death is a photograph.

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Tom Brosz — 10/5/2001 6:30:27 PM (archived)

Would anything useful be gained by putting some observer satellites into Martian geosynchronous (aresynchronous??) orbit with enough resolution to at least observe large-scale phenomena in real time? They would operate in the same way as the GOES weather sats in Earth orbit. What altitude would a synchronous orbit around Mars be?

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interesting Martian photo - Greg - 10/5/2001 10:21:04 AM
- Has anyone verified this is not a forgery? - Gary - 10/6/2001 6:02:29 PM
- Nick --- What's your slant on this? (n/t) - Gary - 10/5/2001 3:56:35 PM
  - Re: Nick --- What's your slant on this? - Nick Hoffman - 10/6/2001 6:37:14 PM
    - That image... - Nick Hoffman - 10/6/2001 6:50:42 PM
      - Image parameters - Nick Hoffman - 10/7/2001 9:05:09 AM
      - Re: That image... - Greg - 10/7/2001 8:47:28 AM
        
        Another possibility? - Nick Hoffman - 10/7/2001 9:15:30 AM
- Re: interesting Martian photo - Raoul - 10/5/2001 3:26:04 PM
- Re: interesting Martian photo - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2001 3:25:56 PM
  - Re: Life is a movie, death is a photograph. - Marcia - 10/5/2001 6:19:59 PM
    - Re: Life is a movie, death is a photograph. - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2001 6:30:27 PM
      - Re: Life is a movie, death is a photograph. - Marcia - 10/5/2001 8:03:49 AM
        
        Orbital insertion would take a lot of fuel - Larry J - 10/5/2001 9:59:34 AM
        
        Re: Mars Satellite Network - Marcia - 10/5/2001 10:36:49 AM
        
        Re: A sun-synchronous mapping orbit... - Marcia - 10/5/2001 8:23:16 AM
- Which way do you think the topo is going? - ebnelson - 10/5/2001 12:59:53 PM
  - Re: Which way do you think the topo is going? - Greg - 10/5/2001 2:56:05 PM
- Re: interesting Martian photo - gbaikie - 10/5/2001 11:35:29 AM

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