Mir16609@aol.com wrote: > > Presumably this one will be spinning. > > Apparently this rocket will release some payloads at 700 miles, then drop to > 200 miles to release Starshine. Starshine 3 will be ejected by a new Lightband system built by Planetary Systems Corporation. This spring activated system gives a rotation movement while ejecting.Spinning rate should be about 5 degrees per second. It will be the first test on this mission. If it works, it could replace existing systems used for small paylaods. For the altitudes, the three DoD sponsored paylaods will be released at 500 sta. miles (800 km) and Starshine 3 at 300 sta. miles (500 km). -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine Drummondville, Quebec COSPAR site 1746 : 45.8537°N, 72.4857°W, 90 m., UTC-4:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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