EVERYTHING is hard to fix in orbit ;)
Mark N8MH
At 03:44 PM 12/16/2018 -0600, Mike Thompson wrote:
When I heard about the troubles, that's kind of the first thing I was thinking too, maybe the antenna broke off. Hope that isn't the case though, because that's awful hard to fix while in orbit.
On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 3:31 PM Francis Geraci fgeraci14@gmail.com wrote:
First off, I do not want to "2nd guess" the Engineering team.
JUst read the "post" that AO-95 was still very close to another "object".
I just was wondering, if AO-95 is TOO close to another "object", maybe "object" is "blocking" the RX antenna, or did RX antenna get "knocked" off ?
Opinions ? Everybody has them. HiHi
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This is still largely in the realm of science fiction, but I’ve been fascinated by the concept of the US Naval Academy’s RSAT-P that launched yesterday on NASA’s ELaNa CubeSat launch. It’s testing the ability for the RSAT to inspect and repair other satellites in orbit. It will eventually be maneuvered into position by a TUGSAT. The possibilities for at least an inspection to help diagnose problems are intriguing!
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/rsat-p.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Satellite_Program_(United_States_Naval...
73! Adam, K0FFY
On Dec 16, 2018, at 19:02, Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
EVERYTHING is hard to fix in orbit ;)
Mark N8MH
At 03:44 PM 12/16/2018 -0600, Mike Thompson wrote:
When I heard about the troubles, that's kind of the first thing I was thinking too, maybe the antenna broke off. Hope that isn't the case though, because that's awful hard to fix while in orbit.
On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 3:31 PM Francis Geraci fgeraci14@gmail.com wrote:
First off, I do not want to "2nd guess" the Engineering team.
JUst read the "post" that AO-95 was still very close to another "object".
I just was wondering, if AO-95 is TOO close to another "object", maybe "object" is "blocking" the RX antenna, or did RX antenna get "knocked" off ?
Opinions ? Everybody has them. HiHi
Francis - W1FXX _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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