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   From: ken@home.nz.retro.com   
      
   "Jim McCauley"  wrote in message   
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   > I realize that all spacecraft require some degree of radiation hardening,   
   > but within reasonable limits, what are the altitude ranges that might be   
   > recommended for earth satellites for equatorial orbit? I understand that   
   > there are two particularly intense belts of radiation; at what altitudes   
   > might they best be avoided?   
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   > Jim McCauley   
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   Equatorial orbit (geosynchronous orbit) is *only* at (approx) 35,000km.   
      
   Ken   
      
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