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bru
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response 2 of 8:
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Feb 6 22:28 UTC 2006 |
I believe they launced it towards earth, so shile it may be moving at the same
speed as the space station, it is also traveling toward earth rather thaqn
trying to maintain orbit.
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gull
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response 3 of 8:
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Feb 6 22:33 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:1: The space station *would* reenter, if it weren't being
periodically boosted back into a higher orbit. It's also possible
they're deliberately releasing the suit in a way that will cause it to
be in a less stable orbit, but nothing stays in such a low orbit
forever without help. A few amateur radio satellites have been
hand-launched (!) from MIR in the past, and they usually didn't last
more than a few weeks.
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rcurl
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response 4 of 8:
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Feb 6 23:30 UTC 2006 |
You're right. The space station has been boosted into higher orbits by
the visiting Shuttle and by attached Russian cargo vessels. The station itself
has no provision for boosting its orbit, which loses about 30 meters a day.
Orbital mechanics problem: given the same impulse, will the spacesuit reenter
sooner if it is "shot" backwards (boosting the station by reaction) or "shot"
downward (also boosting the station by reaction)?
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bru
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response 5 of 8:
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Feb 7 05:10 UTC 2006 |
30 meters a day? Ouch!
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drew
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response 6 of 8:
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Feb 7 05:28 UTC 2006 |
Launch the suit backward for faster re-entry.
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steve
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response 7 of 8:
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Feb 8 05:00 UTC 2006 |
The hand launched satellites were "Iskra's", meaning spark in Russian.
I heard one of them. Kinda neat.
Suitsat-1 has been an interesting experiment, with suitsat-2 being a
better version. When that will happen isn't yet known, but I think all
the major folks agree that its a fun thing and should be done again.
Currently Suitsat-1 isn't terrbily listenable with anything less
than a good yagi antenna. It was supposed to transmit with .5 watts
of power but something is wrong with the antenna, or perhaps the radio
wasn't properly connected to the antenna, so the best guess is that
it sounds more like a 50mW signal rather than 500mW.
There are samples of audio at http://www.aj3u.com, and sighting
information at suitsat.org.
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wilt
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response 8 of 8:
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May 16 23:52 UTC 2006 |
HACKED BY GNAA LOL JEWS DID WTC LOL
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