--- On Thu, 6/12/12, andy thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Knowing little about design, I just > wonder if rather than deploying cubesats fitted as ballast, > a transponder could not be fitted to the hull of the > appropriate vessel which contains the sats and ballast? It > could also relay vibrations from the vessel as it tumbled in > the sky and would therefore have some utility to launch > provider? I think this approach was adopted by Aatis in > Germany a few years ago.
I wonder does the SpaceX rocket hang around as debris for the next 25 years in a 600 km orbit or does it head back to the Earth and burn up ? I don't know, does anyone ? 73 Trevor M5AKA _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
