Re: Intelsat 512 -- a Superbird-like flasher

From: Lloyd Wood (l.wood@eim.surrey.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Dec 22 2002 - 21:00:25 EST

  • Next message: Matson, Robert: "Semantics"

    On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Matson, Robert wrote:
    
    > The behavior is probably more common than we think since all
    > it requires is a decent-sized satellite with a couple specular
    > sides facing in opposite directions with normals perpendicular
    > to the spin axis.  Since solar wings project from many GEO
    > sats in directions perpendicular to the satellite body,
    
    and generally perpendicular to the equatorial plane as well, so that
    rotating about the long axis to follow the sun is easy. This is a pet
    peeve; the number of simulation packages and papers that draw them as
    'wings' in the plane (presuming htat the sun is always directly
    overhead) is annoying.
    
    >  and
    > these solar wings provide the axis of greatest moment of
    
    not wings, please. anything but wings. satellites don't fly...
    
    L.
    
    <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/><L.Wood@ee.surrey.ac.uk>
    
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