Right. I think one of the reasons they are launched below their operational orbit it to help ensure any DOA satellites de-orbit that much faster.
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- Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:54 pm
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- Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:44 pm
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Are you sure about that? I know I've seen conversation about how the Starlink sats will actively de-orbit... though I have to admit I can't find an actual source behind that conversation for the moment. It doesn't make sense to me why you wouldn't. I imagine with an active de-orbit you could likely ...
- Thu May 30, 2019 5:57 pm
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“Prior to this the idea was to decouple the legs from the wings. This wasn’t very aesthetic, so now we have 3 large legs/wings that actuate. It is slightly more risky because we are combining multiple functions together” Don't care what you choose to fixate on, or details you care to invent for you...
- Tue May 28, 2019 10:32 pm
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- Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
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Watch closely because there's something of interest in one of the videos? Or for updates coming soon?
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:52 pm
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COPV episode 3? Does this use COPVs? Thread on Reddit suggested it did?
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:56 pm
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?? This is the demo Dragon II capsule
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 1:41 pm
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Welp, I’m guessing this will end up being a full year delay. Glad this didn’t happen with astronauts onboard tho:
https://youtu.be/crqPsqk2VdQ
https://youtu.be/crqPsqk2VdQ
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:22 pm
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The Starship hopper was destroyed last night by a storm
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index ... msg1904371
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index ... msg1904371
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:46 am
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Elon Musk: Why I'm Building the Starship out of Stainless Steel I was contemplating this for a while. And this is somewhat counterintuitive. It took me quite a bit of effort to convince the team to go in this direction. But now I believe they are convinced—well, they are convinced. So that certainl...
- Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:38 am
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- Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
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New Forbes article on TAE including 44 minute video discussion of TAE status. Predicting breakeven in two years. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/01/14/private-firm-will-bring-fusion-reactor-to-market-within-five-years-ceo-says/?fbclid=IwAR1BZo_xN8GHLQVGTZArtYwdb1-kCRlpVfnzvwXYVp6dxfcJ...
- Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:04 am
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- Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
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The scale of the TAE Technologies devices is becoming impressive. Norman is about 30 m long, Copernicus is planned to be more than 45 m long and the power plant plan is for a device almost 110 m long. These are linear devices and that gives of course a lot ot benefits, but they will still be rather...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:31 pm
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- Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
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I trust cost analysis these days as far as I can throw my trailer because of green power advocate lying. That is not to say I distrust you, it is just the people that write these analysis reports. Green power is a crooked business and heavily subsidized. Coal is dependent on the location of the pla...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:33 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
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Well, if your goal is to be competitive with coal, you are in trouble because coal power is dead. I’d have to go back and hear their numbers again, but they implied that with current gas prices, they’d have a hard time competing in the US with their initial plants. I think solar + battery is going t...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:29 am
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- Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
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New Forbes article on TAE including 44 minute video discussion of TAE status. Predicting breakeven in two years. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/01/14/private-firm-will-bring-fusion-reactor-to-market-within-five-years-ceo-says/?fbclid=IwAR1BZo_xN8GHLQVGTZArtYwdb1-kCRlpVfnzvwXYVp6dxfcJ...
- Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:08 am
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- Topic: SpaceX News
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A new Ars Technica article backs the idea that Musk is excited about the Starship design changes: But above all these things, Musk is a geek at heart, in the sense that geek means a "knowledgeable and obsessive enthusiast." He is knowledgeable about rockets and obsessed with their details. In shari...