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Well, there wouldn't be flights along the Southern route, exactly, since it led nowhere. So I'm guessing they extrapolated from routes that were in that genera
by waterlesscloud 13y ago
Well, there wouldn't be flights along the Southern route, exactly, since it led nowhere.
So I'm guessing they extrapolated from routes that were in that general direction, like Sri Lanka - Perth.
It's likely there's a lot of assumptions at work in their calculations, but it might be good enough.
- nroets 13y agoSome possibilities http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=jnb-per http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=jnb-per http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=per-rio http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=per-rio
- lutusp 13y agoI should have been more clear -- they compared routes and aircraft velocities that could be expected to produce the same radial velocity and Doppler effects, given the satellite's geostationary position.