Re: satellite problem

james cunningham ( (no email) )
Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:58:25 +0100

Bill
the "beeps" would would remain the the same time apart.
The tiing of the "beeps" would only change if the satellite was
accelerating away from the earth.
jim

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> From: Bill Perry <wperry3092@worldnet.att.net>
> To: KeelyNet-L@lists.kz
> Subject: satellite problem
> Date: 18 April 1998 06:59
>
> I have a question. I recently got into an argument with a fellow
> co-worker about it. here goes
>
> If you take a satellite which travels away from Earth at a constant
> velocity, attach a radio beacon to it which send out a "BEEP" every
> second, would the beeps received on Earth become farther and farther
> apart as the satellite got farther and farther away?
> BillP