Actually, on a serious note. Although this announcement generates a huge amount of work for those involved in xxxxSat2, it will result in a package with higher density which will last longer before reaching the atmosphere. Looks like the late nights at Pheonix.
David? G0MRF
-----Original Message----- From: Roger Kolakowski [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 18:50 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - SuitSat-2Transforms Into a Satellite
Just for grins...with the reduced gravity at 200 miles up..how much force would need to be applied "vertically" (in reality 'away from the earth") for a cubesat to arrive in an orbit which would last significantly longer without additional propulsion?
Background...I was a business major so such calculations ARE rocket science to me...
Roger WA1KAT ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 1:08 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - SuitSat-2Transforms Into a Satellite
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-189.01 SuitSat-2 Transforms Into a Satellite
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 189.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
July 8, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-189.01
Due to storage considerations on the International Space Station, the two surplus Orlan space suits in storage on the International Space Station were discarded via the Progress Cargo Vessel. One of these suits was to be used to house the electronics for the upcoming SuitSat-2 mission ... ;-(
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