The motor was used to raise the perigee and change the satellite's inclination. It only carried enough fuel to reach the intended orbit.
The satellite was launched into a geostationary transfer orbit with a perigee of 240 km and an inclination of just a few degrees. The motor allowed the perigee to be raised to 1100 km and the inclination raised to 58 degrees.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 17:43 skristof@etczone.com wrote:
It's cool that the satellite had its own motor. Was it used much?
Steve AI9IN
On 2017-06-04 12:01, Andy L. wrote:
Here is a picture that should help:
https://n4hy.smugmug.com/AMSAT/AO-10/Planning/i-9qFH42X/A
There is a dimension scale at the bottom.
Andy WB3JNZ
On 6/4/2017 10:40 AM, Philip Jenkins wrote:
Hi
I mentioned in an earlier email today that I'm doing a Sat 101 lecture
for
a ham club.
Just putting the finishing touches on the presentation, and I have a question....
I'm displaying a picture of AO-13 (my first sat QSO was on that bird) to contrast it with a picture of the the cubesats of today
The only dimensions I'm finding for AO-13 are 600 x 40 x 200 mm...this seems awfully small for a 92 Kg (plus another 30Kg for fuel) weight.
(23.6
inches x 1.6 inches x 7.8 inches).
Were these dimensions actually in centimeters. and not millimeters?
Thanks
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