Ø When there is a launch of several satellites in a single payload,
several cubesats for example, I assume they release each at
different locations on the deployer trajectory. Preliminary keps are based
on the trajectory when each is released?
Ø Otherwise if they were released all at once, how
Bob
The following link is of Picodragon and 2 other satellites being released
or launched. There is a picture and short video.
http://amsat-uk.org/tag/picodragon/
73 John KC0BMF
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> Ø When there is a launch of sev
Thanks for that explanation Bob. The members of the Eagle-2 ($50sat) team were
having this discussion last night and none of us knew the answer. Now we do !
We were trying to determine when using the UNISAT-5 keps would no longer be
valid for $50sat.
- Howie AB2S
> The following link is of Picodragon and 2 other satellites
> being released from ISS. There is a picture and short video.
> http://amsat-uk.org/tag/picodragon/
Looking at the video, my uncalibrated eyeball counts the deployment rate at
about ½ meter per second? Ie, in the first second of vi
