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Old 08-07-2007, 09:36 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout View Post
Which makes me raise the question, are Sydney NS, and Calgary AB on similiar lines of latitude?
Nope. Sydney is about 5 degrees further south:
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist/pla...place2=@173777

But from my understanding of orbits, the only time a satellite stays at the same lattitude is if it's orbiting over the equator.
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