Posted on 02/06/2012 12:13:28 PM PST by Tigen
5-DAY PREDICTIONS FOR NAVID NAVID (Gospel), was designed to collect data on weather conditions and monitor for natural disasters. The satellite weighs about 110 pounds (50 kilograms) and will orbit Earth at an altitude of up to 234 miles (375 kilometers), circling the planet 15 times a day. Navid, produced at an Iranian engineering university, is the third small satellite that Iran launched over the past years and is expected to remain in orbit for about two months. The two earlier satellites — Omid, launched in 2009, and Rasad, sent into orbit in June 2011 — lasted three weeks and 82 days, respectively. The satellite has advanced control technology, a higher-resolution camera and photocells to generate power
Pass beginning Date/time: 2/6 18:45:55 Azimuth: 202.06° (SSW) Elevation (altitude): 0.29° Magnitude: - Distance to satellite: 2067.5 km In Earth's shadow (eclipsed): NO
Maximum altitude Date/time: 2/6 18:50:15 Azimuth: 134.11° (SE) Elevation (altitude): 20.56° Magnitude: - Distance to satellite: 800.4 km In Earth's shadow (eclipsed): NO
Pass ending Date/time: 2/6 18:54:25 Azimuth: 65.32° (ENE) Elevation (altitude): 0.43° Magnitude: - Distance to satellite: 1966.0 km In Earth's shadow (eclipsed): YES
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Wiki says about 5 megatons per ton of warhead weight. This does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
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