possibly this a description of a geo satellite with more than a little
inclination and a non-circular orbit that will look like it traces a figure
8 with respect to a ground user.


"Roy Smith" wrote in message
...
The Sirius Satellite Radio (www.sirius.com) says:

"our three state-of-the-art satellites that rotate in figure eight,
geo-synchronous orbits around the earth"

I know what a geo synchronous orbit is, but what's the "figure eight"
part all about?