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Post by registerme on Dec 25, 2021 10:52:21 GMT
Not SpaceX, but it is rocket related:-
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Post by agent69 on Dec 25, 2021 12:56:01 GMT
Not SpaceX, but it is rocket related:- Launched by a European rocket from French Guiana.
Don't the yanks have rockets any more?
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Post by adrianc on Dec 26, 2021 9:27:13 GMT
Launched by a European rocket from French Guiana. Don't the yanks have rockets any more? They've outsourced the workaday stuff, now that a routine satellite launch is basically just a big pointy van doing a delivery. Why not just phone a courier/van hire company? BlueOrigin, SpaceX, ESA. They've also outsourced to the Russians in the past, but now it's going the other way, and the Russians are outsourcing to Musk. And why not? Leaves NASA free for the clever stuff, the payload.
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Post by keitha on Dec 30, 2021 15:15:35 GMT
Apparently the Chinese Tianhe space station has had to manoeuvre twice this year to avoid some of Musk's Starlink satellites. Astronomers are getting worried about his plans to put 10's of thousands more up.
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Post by adrianc on Dec 30, 2021 18:07:29 GMT
Apparently the Chinese Tianhe space station has had to manoeuvre twice this year to avoid some of Musk's Starlink satellites. Astronomers are getting worried about his plans to put 10's of thousands more up. Yes, and they're blaming the US gov't... I'm quite a long way from being one of St Elon's fanbois, but I can't help but wonder how realistic their objections are, or if they're just a bit of political posturing... Tianhe apparently orbits at about 390km altitude, and was launched this April. There is a total of about 7,500 satellites in earth orbit currently. So far Starlink has about 1,750 satellites up there, less than a quarter of the total, all at 340 or 350km altitude. The first test launch was in Feb 2018, and the first production launches in May 2019. They're all on fixed orbital planes, which are publicly known. Who's getting in whose way? Couldn't the Chinese have planned the Tianhe orbit a bit better, if they think the current one's a bit busy, with just 40km clearance...?
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Jan 1, 2022 11:04:41 GMT
Apparently the Chinese Tianhe space station has had to manoeuvre twice this year to avoid some of Musk's Starlink satellites. Astronomers are getting worried about his plans to put 10's of thousands more up. Yes, and they're blaming the US gov't... I'm quite a long way from being one of St Elon's fanbois, but I can't help but wonder how realistic their objections are, or if they're just a bit of political posturing... Tianhe apparently orbits at about 390km altitude, and was launched this April. There is a total of about 7,500 satellites in earth orbit currently. So far Starlink has about 1,750 satellites up there, less than a quarter of the total, all at 340 or 350km altitude. The first test launch was in Feb 2018, and the first production launches in May 2019. They're all on fixed orbital planes, which are publicly known. Who's getting in whose way? Couldn't the Chinese have planned the Tianhe orbit a bit better, if they think the current one's a bit busy, with just 40km clearance...?
I've trouble in understanding why they've complained too, especially as supposedly the ISS has had to move repeatedly due a 2007 Chinese anti-satille test. I wonder if it's more about turning the Chinese people against buying Teslas
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