TNAG-2344-FCO40-3410-Future-of-Hong-Kong-British-Consulate-General-1992 — Page 238

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Mr M Bertram OED

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FROM DE Glassett DATED 8 October, 1991

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HONG KONG STEERING COMMITTEE: INITIAL PLANNING:SATELLITE

COMMUNICATIONS

1. You will no doubt recall that, at last Friday's Steering Committee on Hong Kong, I undertook to provide the co-ordinates for INMARSAT's Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean communications satellites.

2. These are as follows:-

INDIAN OCEAN : Azimuth 250 degrees, Elevation 30 degrees.

PACIFIC OCEAN : Azimuth 100 degrees, Elevation 15 degrees.

3. The azimuth bearing is clockwise, relative to true north.

4.

From a communications point of view it is likely that the Indian Ocean satellite would provide the best service in Hong Kong because of the greater elevation angle of the satellite dish.

Denis Glassett

Information Systems (Operations) 270 2810

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