On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:59 -0400 Samudra Haque samudra.haque@gmail.com writes:
IF dreaming season is now open.. :-)
If I may add to your maneuvering suggestion Samudra, -------------- I like to see a selection of deorbiting concepts tried. This to be done in a manner similar to previous satellites have been launched from the ISS. Maybe one launched every other day while the ISS is over head during a space walk so TLM and tracking beacons are available for info collection. As long as the LEO concept is in need of de orbiting and not the HEO bird it appears at the rate cube sats are being launched deorbiting will get very serious shortly.
Dreamer
Joe (K0VTY) --------------
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 birdsAO-40
FO-20 . I could go on and on. When I see all the cube sats launched and FM birds Isay to
Myself why didn,t they pull all the resourcestogether to
launch
One HEO. I guess I will have to keep dreaming that this mighthappen.
The Dreamer Jerry w0sat
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