IF dreaming season is now open.. :-)
has any amateur satellite mission been conceived (and implemented) where the satellite is permitted/designed for in-orbit maneuvering with other spacecraft ? Simple example: Sat A, flies in formation with Sat B. Complex example: Sat A, changes orbit to rendezvous with Sat B. Could be useful to avoid debris and other spacecraft, or could be very useful in "joining" missions with additional tasks as Mission A Sat A performs operations on/with Mission B Sat B.
concept: "operations" is flexible term: example: fix other spacecraft.
Since these "cubesats" or "microsats" are often launched in clusters, I would have thought this should be a common topic by now? Any URLs that describe the maneuvering tasks in-orbit for any class of amateur spacecraft, please highlight them for education.
Thanks,
Samudra, N3RDX
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Jerry W0SAT@msn.com wrote:
Hi : I guess you could say I miss AO-10 . RS birds AO-40
FO-20 .
I could go on and on.
When I see all the cube sats launched and FM birds I say to
Myself why didn,t they pull all the resources together to launch
One HEO.
I guess I will have to keep dreaming that this might happen.
The Dreamer
Jerry w0sat
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