Re: satellite problem

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 00:08:27 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Bill Perry wrote:

> > then no - the frequency of the wave will remain constant.
> I think I miscommunicated, sorry. What I meant was would the ELAPSED
> TIME between beeps increase, since the actual distance for each beep
> would keep increasing due to the satellite getting farther and farther
> away?

And again, neither the length of time between beeps, nor the frequency of
the wave itself will varry AS LONG AS THE SATTELITE CONTINUES AT A
CONSTANT VELOCITY. Simply doppler, man.