From: root@mauve.demon.co.uk   
      
   Reza  wrote:   
   > Hello everybody,   
   > I have two questions to ask:   
   >   
   > 1- Is it possible to have a satellite orbit parallel to the equatorial   
   > plane?  Something like a GEO orbit but shifted up or down to cover   
   > other locations of the earth futher up from the equator.  Such an   
      
   No.   
      
   All orbits have to have their orbital planes including the center of   
   the earth.   
      
   > orbit, if feasible, won't be any of standard orbits (GEO, LEO, MEO, or   
   > HEO).  Do you think there will be any complications with Hohmann   
   > transfer of a satellite into such an orbit?   
   >   
   > 2- Is there an software package for Windows to design satellite   
   > orbits?   
   >   
   > I do appreciate your comments.   
      
   In general, there is little problem with satellites being at the equator,   
   and users near the pole.   
   The only problem that arises is that when you get very close to the   
   pole (10,20 degrees) then the dish needs to point close to the horizon,   
   so any landscape features are more likely to get in the way.   
      
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