Ed Cannon wondered, > HS 702 deployed length (solar panel span I presume) said to be > 40.9 meters: > I wonder if Milstars (4500 kg) might rival HS 702 in size, With the solar panels out, it's comparably large. From http://www.spacecluster.com/ILAM/milstar4.htm : THE MILSTAR IS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 LBS WITH DIMENSIONS OF 51 FEET IN LENGTH (116 FEET WITH SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOYED). 116 ft = 35 m or so. See http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/logs/2001/2001-009a_milstar2-2_sum.sht ml for an artist's rendering of Milsat. See http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/0002/24hs702arrays/ for some interesting on-orbit pix and a drawing of a Hughes 702 scaled to a Boeing 737. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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