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Brakes, brakes...I mean fire thrusters, fire the damn thrusters!129.04 W at 11:30 EST. OH NO, IT'S GOING TO PASS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brakes, brakes...I mean fire thrusters, fire the damn thrusters!
Some wise-cracking Canuck stuffed toques in them. WE'RE DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brakes, brakes...I mean fire thrusters, fire the damn thrusters!
In a scottish voice... "Captain, I'm givin' ya all I've got!"
What would I do without Oprah telling me what to think?
+1 on Speed before Speed Weeks start!!!!
11:59 EST 129!!!
129 NOW. Yes, it will look like it is at 128.something later. Ignore it. Read previous posts. May the force be with you.
E5 seems to have made space. It's now at 128.8.
Time to start monitoring TPs 20, 24, 25, 26, and 29 (the inop/off TPs of E5) for activity. If you see signal here, you know it's from Ciel-2.
Time to start monitoring TPs 20, 24, 25, 26, and 29 (the inop/off TPs of E5) for activity. If you see signal here, you know it's from Ciel-2.
Hmmm I get 129.027W right now.
He has a cookie reseter on his site. Maybe that will fix it for yoiu.
TPs 1-17 spot, 17-32 CONUS. (17 is switchable)
Transponder doesn't care if it is broadcasting HD or SD, but we'll see mostly HD on Ciel-2, perhaps with the exception of some SD locals.
Transponder doesn't care if it is broadcasting HD or SD, but we'll see mostly HD on Ciel-2, perhaps with the exception of some SD locals.
hmm its at 128.97, so i guess it has to go around the earth again since it missed?
2 degrees per day, so T-minus 180 days. Look out, mid July!
Why would they slow it down at all? If a 5 minute burn (just for the sake of discussion) took it from 0 deg per day to 2 deg per day, then wouldn't they just do another 5 minute burn the opposite way when they were 5 minutes away from 129?
Point being, why do 5, 1 minute burns and slow it down over hours instead of a single burn at the right time?
Replace 5 minutes with 30 seconds or 2 hours or whatever it really is.
Point being, why do 5, 1 minute burns and slow it down over hours instead of a single burn at the right time?
Replace 5 minutes with 30 seconds or 2 hours or whatever it really is.
there is brakes in space?Brakes, brakes...I mean fire thrusters, fire the damn thrusters!
It's the same as slowing down gradually to a stop light vs. locking up the brakes at the last possible moment. You'll hit the same mark, but the first one gives a lot more room to correct for error.
I didn't think it was the same. I thought that since the amount of thrust could be measured so exactly there really would be no error.
Part of the reason I slow down at a stop light is because I'm burning fuel the whole time I rush up to it. Slamming on the breaks is wasting gas. Even if I didn't care about that, I really can't be 100% sure how much pressure I'm giving to the breaks, how well the tires and road will grip, etc.. I don't know much pressure will be needed to stop the motion.
In space, all of that is removed. 200 lbs of thrust to the east should be exactly canceled by 200 lbs of thrust to the west, right? Just trying to understand better.
Part of the reason I slow down at a stop light is because I'm burning fuel the whole time I rush up to it. Slamming on the breaks is wasting gas. Even if I didn't care about that, I really can't be 100% sure how much pressure I'm giving to the breaks, how well the tires and road will grip, etc.. I don't know much pressure will be needed to stop the motion.
In space, all of that is removed. 200 lbs of thrust to the east should be exactly canceled by 200 lbs of thrust to the west, right? Just trying to understand better.
