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Posted on 05/11/2010 4:34:59 AM PDT by Vaquero
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To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
05/11/2010 6:51:07 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
To: Vaquero
Galaxy 15 started to become unresponsive and Galaxy 12 was moved to it’s orbital position and the workload was transfered on 4-18-10. G15 will burn up nicely.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:16:37 AM PDT
by
gilor
(Pull the wool over your own eyes!)
To: Lucky Dog
I almost added solar wind to the list but honestly I can’t envision it having enough energy to shift the orbit of a satellite.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:57:01 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: raybbr
The effect is, in deed, typically very small. Nonetheless, it is present and the surface area exposed and length of time for exposure are factors.
Added to other potential factors it can have a cumulative influence especially in possible, synergistic combination with magnetic or gravity anomalies (e.g., small unobserved asteroid) and other unplanned events, e.g. propellent tank leak, etc.
The point was that there are a number of potential sources, either singly, or in combination, that can account for orbital drift.
To: G Larry
When you burn your finger, does your foot still work?When you stick your cat in the microwave does it just 'limp a bit' on exiting? Solar flares are not usually selective in their affects. Now it may happen that the comm gear is 'hardened' to a greater degree against radiation, but nobody has suggested that this is the case.
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posted on
05/11/2010 10:35:16 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: Moonman62
Thanks, Moonman. That’s the kind of stuff I was looking for. I wasn’t sure that solar ‘pressure’ would have a measurable affect. I hadn’t even considered and tendency for a change in orbital inclination. Fascinating stuff.
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posted on
05/11/2010 10:37:42 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: RandallFlagg
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posted on
05/11/2010 10:40:37 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("And the pony looked a little bored...")
To: Lucky Dog
Thanks, LD. It’s the difference between ‘ideal’ & ‘real world’ physics. IOW’s all the stuff that we neglect in our High School physics equations are coming into play in with measurable affects.
Hadn’t considered a lot of this stuff, but I can see how the drift can be rather large over time.
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posted on
05/11/2010 10:41:43 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: Vaquero
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posted on
05/11/2010 10:44:40 AM PDT
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: Tallguy
Nobody suggested the flare was selective, but I certainly was suggesting that not all parts have the same vulnerabiities.
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posted on
05/11/2010 11:09:26 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
To: G Larry
I thought that you were just having some fun with me, and I just gave it back a little!
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posted on
05/11/2010 11:45:35 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: CholeraJoe; Delta 21; Nikas777; NoAmnesty; Yorlik803; TheOldLady; The Comedian; OB1kNOb; ...
Thanks for the ping, CholeraJoe.
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posted on
05/11/2010 2:57:56 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: gilor
Only satellites in low earth orbit (~500 mi up) get affected and slowly dragged down into the atmosphere, burning up. G15 is in geostationary orbit - 22,000 mi up. Long ways down from there - that sucker will orbit the Earth until the end of time.
The big issue is that the satellite still has its transponders on full blast and pointed at the Earth. This will jam ground terminals that are linked to satellites adjacent to G15.
To: too_cool_for_skool
I just read that by the end of May G15 might interfer with AMC11. They are going to try and blast it again and hopefully force a shutdaown (not likely).
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posted on
05/12/2010 5:42:37 AM PDT
by
gilor
(Pull the wool over your own eyes!)
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