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From: henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Hipparchos Rescue
Summary: hand waving suggestion
Keywords: Hiparchos' launch
Message-ID: <751@hutto.UUCP>
Date: 26 Aug 89 16:44:52 GMT
Organization: Melton System, Hutto, Texas
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Suppose Hip were to adjust its perigee down to 100nm.  Then atmospheric
resistance would begin to decay the orbit more.  This would cause the
apogee to decrease.  By making corrections regularly to maintain the
perigee, the orbit might be circularized at a low enough level so that a
rescue might be able to match orbits with it.  

I realize that this will never happen due to non-technical reasons,
however, is there any technical flaw in this suggestion?
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