Q&A: Chandra Mission
Q:
How fast is Chandra travelling and how long does it take to complete one orbit?
A:
For the end of January the orbital period was 63 hours, 40 minutes.
Speed at apogee was 1.05 km/sec (2348 mph) and speed at perigee 4.69
km/sec (10491 mph). More information on Chandra is available at
http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/ and
http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/specs.html
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