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- From: richard@csi.on.ca (Richard Martin)
- Subject: Re: GEO coverage, aurorae (was Re: SPS fouling astronomy)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.135813.22498@csi.on.ca>
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- References: <63732@cup.portal.com> <1992Aug15.224819.15041@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1992Aug17.052502.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:58:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.052502.1@fnalf.fnal.gov> higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey) writes:
- >This is the reason the youthful Arthur C. Clarke recommended three
- >geosynchronous comsats. Two don't *quite* cover the world.
- This topic was covered in the Mathematical Games column of
- Scientific American recently--the satellite coverage problem
- turned out to have many interesting spin-offs.
- Richard. 8
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