2/10/2005: Aurora from space again

tw · 02-11-2005, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Definitely not this one...this one fell off of the test stand, causing quite a stir. It was...well...broken.

I believe that bird made it to the launch pad nine months later. Launch windows are difficult to come by and rarely missed. Satellites are internally quite robust. If I remember the numbers, everything must withstand up to 6 Gs in all three dimensions to withstand the extremes of launch. Outside of some external (and replaced) parts, that bird could have been launched - after some expediting and overtime.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-11-2005, 08:42 PM

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after some expediting and overtime.

Yeah, mo money, mo money.

russotto · 02-14-2005, 09:50 AM

Apparently Odin lives in Iceland and is pretty ticked at Norway.

(or is that Greenland?)

02-14-2005, 09:50 AM	#3
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Apparently Odin lives in Iceland and is pretty ticked at Norway. (or is that Greenland?)

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