Re: [amsat-bb] Dimensions of AO-13
Philip -
The Phase 3 satellites: AO-10 and AO-13 used the same "space frame". Dimensions noted as: 600 x 40 x 200 mm
An identical Phase 3 "ground-spare" spaceframe, was in Germany with AMSAT-DL. I do not know if it was ever shipped to Virginia Tech for AMSAT P3E, as noted in this 2015 AMSAT-UK announcement. https://amsat-uk.org/tag/p3e/
greg, w9gb AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-NA === 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
Philip N4HF
Thanks to all who responded (I learned a lot! - and saw some neat pictures) both to me individually and to the BB
Philip N4HF
On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Gregory Beat w9gb@icloud.com wrote:
Philip -
The Phase 3 satellites: AO-10 and AO-13 used the same "space frame". Dimensions noted as: 600 x 40 x 200 mm
An identical Phase 3 "ground-spare" spaceframe, was in Germany with AMSAT-DL. I do not know if it was ever shipped to Virginia Tech for AMSAT P3E, as noted in this 2015 AMSAT-UK announcement. https://amsat-uk.org/tag/p3e/
greg, w9gb AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-NA === 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
Philip N4HF
But still those dimensions are wrong. They will propogate forever until those references are fixed. Bob
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Beat Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 8:16 PM To: n4hf.philip@gmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Dimensions of AO-13
Philip -
The Phase 3 satellites: AO-10 and AO-13 used the same "space frame". Dimensions noted as: 600 x 40 x 200 mm
An identical Phase 3 "ground-spare" spaceframe, was in Germany with AMSAT-DL. I do not know if it was ever shipped to Virginia Tech for AMSAT P3E, as noted in this 2015 AMSAT-UK announcement. https://amsat-uk.org/tag/p3e/
greg, w9gb AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-NA === 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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