A visualization of the launch and deployment of 50 Cubesats in the QB50 project can be seen at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds7nKVhjs4
73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK@ http://www.uk.amsat.org/ ----
So, how are they going to compensate for Newton's 3rd Law when ejecting 50 3kg masses, one at a time?
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:14:57 +0000 From: m5aka@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Video
A visualization of the launch and deployment of 50 Cubesats in the QB50 project can be seen at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds7nKVhjs4
73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK@ http://www.uk.amsat.org/
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Compared to the mass of the mechanism/pod, the satellites are probably insignificant.
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Greg D. ko6th_greg@hotmail.com wrote:
So, how are they going to compensate for Newton's 3rd Law when ejecting 50 3kg masses, one at a time?
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:14:57 +0000 From: m5aka@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Video
A visualization of the launch and deployment of 50 Cubesats in the QB50
project can be seen at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds7nKVhjs4
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