Re: Russian Space Program Hurt by Money Shortage
Steve Walter (sowalter@erols.com)
Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:33:53 -0400
In the vein of "[Governments] that live in glass houses shouldn't be
throwing stones ...", I heard/read several years ago that (some?) U.S.
Military satellites follow this same procedure of blowing off international
standards and instead getting as much on-orbit life as possible.
I came across this information while working on de-orbit plans for TDRS-1
(when its time comes), but I can no longer document the material/cite
references.
Jay -- let me again thank you for this information-service you've been
providing! It's VERY much appreciated!
Steve Walter
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>How long until one of those dead sats collides and destroys some working
>sync sat?
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> In the civilian realm, the Russians have stopped maneuvering their
> communication satellites out of geosynchronous orbits as they near
> the end of their useful life, a standard practice to reduce the
> problem of space junk. Now they push the satellites to the limit
> and allow them to die in orbit.
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>Jay Respler