[amsat-bb] Re: Congrats to SpaceX

[Alan P. Biddle]

David,


Something to put on the To Do List.  There is a great deal of experience on
that team, and it shows in how fast they are able to move to reach initial
operational capability.


Alan
WA4SCA
 

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From: G0MRF at aol.com [mailto:G0MRF at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 12:55 PM
To: APBIDDLE at mailaps.org; amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Congrats to SpaceX

In a message dated 09/12/2010 13:37:06 GMT Standard Time,
APBIDDLE at UNITED.NET writes:

	According to a report I saw from the NSS, they also deployed 4
CubeSats.
	Not a useful orbit for us, but a sign of good things to come.
	
	Alan
	WA4SCA
	

Hi Alan.
 
If they waited until the second stage had been removed from LEO, those
cubesats would have had an apogee of 11,000km
 
A very nice orbit......if it could be circularised to avoid the radiation
belts.
 
Thanks
 
David  G0MRF