HI
Here is a link explaining the ionic motor propulsion system with a nice animation (in French) the SMART-1 first lunar European space probe will crash on the moon on September 3 at 0541 UTC.
Could be usable for our HEO fleet? It seems pretty simple at the first look.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/AFPanimation/SmartFR3008/
"-" The medium is the message...The content is the audience...;)
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc Leblanc VE2DWE" lucleblanc6@videotron.ca To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:26 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] ionic propulsion motor
HI
Here is a link explaining the ionic motor propulsion system with a nice
animation (in French) the
SMART-1 first lunar European space probe will crash on the moon on
September 3 at 0541 UTC.
Could be usable for our HEO fleet? It seems pretty simple at the first
look.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/AFPanimation/SmartFR3008/
"-" The medium is the message...The content is the audience...;)
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
Hi Luc, VE2DWE
A similar motor i.e. the "arcject motor" was installed on board of AO40 but unfortunately it was impossible to fire it because of lacking of electrical power to activate it.
By the way the gas of the arcject motor was used during june 2001 when gas from the arcject motor was vent "as cold" to raise and stabilize the orbit of the satellite and the spacecraft got a lot higher than expected.
http://www.wikimirror.com/AO-40
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i8CVS Domenico
Here is the page in English.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/01/smart-moon.html
i8cvs wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc Leblanc VE2DWE" lucleblanc6@videotron.ca To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:26 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] ionic propulsion motor
HI
Here is a link explaining the ionic motor propulsion system with a nice
animation (in French) the
SMART-1 first lunar European space probe will crash on the moon on
September 3 at 0541 UTC.
Could be usable for our HEO fleet? It seems pretty simple at the first
look.
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/AFPanimation/SmartFR3008/
"-" The medium is the message...The content is the audience...;)
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
On 2 Sep 2006 at 14:05, Robert McGwier wrote:
Here is the page in English.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/01/smart-moon.html
Thank's Robert for the link i don't put the link as he don't have the link to the AFP (L'Agence France-Presse) who present the animation but now more information is available and thank's also to Domenico I8CVS for the reminder about the electrical problem with the arcjet motor .
This one is a new one i was under the impression as per my readings it was a mechanical valve malfunction? if the pump motor was electrically driven it could be an electrical problem as much as a mechanical one?
But "one way or another" (the song:)) the result is the same AO-40 does not TX anymore.
P.S. Hope my english is improving...;)
"-" The medium is the message...The content is the audience...;)
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
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