[amsat-bb] Re: ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - SuitSat-2Transforms Into a Satellite

[Roger Kolakowski]

Just for grins...with the reduced gravity at 200 miles up..how much force
would need to be applied "vertically" (in reality 'away from the earth") for
a cubesat to arrive in an orbit which would last significantly longer
without additional propulsion?

Background...I was a business major so such calculations ARE rocket science
to me...

Roger
WA1KAT
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From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm at comcast.net>
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Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin -
SuitSat-2Transforms Into a Satellite


> SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-189.01
> SuitSat-2 Transforms Into a Satellite
>
> AMSAT News Service Bulletin 189.01
> >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
> July 8, 2009
> To All RADIO AMATEURS
> BID: $ANS-189.01
>
> Due to storage considerations on the International Space Station,
> the two surplus Orlan space suits in storage on the International
> Space Station were discarded via the Progress Cargo Vessel. One of
> these suits was to be used to house the electronics for the upcoming
> SuitSat-2 mission ...  ;-(