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BREAKING: North Korean Satellite Tumbling Out of Control | |
GooliaJulia  User ID: 12655659  United States12/12/2012 06:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: RDprofessor They seem to name all their satellites the same thing= Kwangmyongsong-3 and they have had a few failures under this name. Maybe the name is jinxed and they should think up a new one. *8tw- I see that the one in March was to have an altitude of 500 Im watching that site and the altitude is falling [link to www.n2yo.com] Sheep the moon |
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| 2012Portal 2012Portal - Mayan Beyond 2012 User ID: 15022013  Netherlands12/12/2012 06:09 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK, right: Quoting: 2012Portal Perigee: 505.5 km Apogee: 588.5 km I think as long as she stays within those numbers, she is "normal." I'm not well versed in orbits and how they function as far as satellites remaining in orbit...does their altitude fluctuate as they rotate in their orbits around earth? Yes, part of getting into orbit you end up with one end higher than the other. Then once at the highest point (apogee), you burn along the prograde (the direction your headed) and that in turn brings up the altitude of your lowest point (perigee). You use these maneuvers to "circularize" to the height you want with it even on both sides. We don't know what the flight profile of this satellite was, maybe this was the intended orbit, or maybe the satellite malfunctioned before it had a chance to circularize its orbit better. Thanks @CharlieMurphy Good input, appreciate it! For a "tumbling out of control" satellite, it sure does appear to be A-Okay. From the love of power to the power of Love - My camera and video gear: [link to graphicstart.com] --- --- --- "Jesus Christ, the Son of God our Savior" |
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| theDtrain User ID: 24782941 United States12/12/2012 06:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The December 2012 plot thickens... Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." We can never shed our sins and regrets, only accumulate more, a burden that we grow and carry until our deaths. The best we can do is learn to live with ourselves, to accommodate our pasts |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27301441 United States12/12/2012 06:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | how very interesting. just saw nasa said there is a new meteor shower that is going to come with the geminids, which is suppose to peak before dawn tomorrow. sure is a lot of busy up in the sky right now. also that mysterious X-rocket thing also was just launched agaoin. i suspect we are going to have INCOMING.. |
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| zvezda 1 User ID: 29699208  Bulgaria12/12/2012 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | how very interesting. just saw nasa said there is a new meteor shower that is going to come with the geminids, which is suppose to peak before dawn tomorrow. sure is a lot of busy up in the sky right now. also that mysterious X-rocket thing also was just launched agaoin. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27301441 i suspect we are going to have INCOMING.. Don't forget about Toutatis! [link to www.space.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 2712120 United States12/12/2012 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | North Korean peter principle in action. Quoting: Lady Jane Smith Wonder how many scientists will die as a result of this? Don't those knuckleheads understand the fact that if you kill your scientists after every failed attempt at launching a rocket you will NEVER obtain a working rocket that can actually take something into orbit !?  They don't call it rocket science for nothing, it's hard and you must learn from previous mistakes, but if they kill them after each attempt...  |
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| 2012Portal 2012Portal - Mayan Beyond 2012 User ID: 15022013 Netherlands12/12/2012 06:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK, right: Quoting: 2012Portal Perigee: 505.5 km Apogee: 588.5 km I think as long as she stays within those numbers, she is "normal." So, when it hits 504 we can panic?? Panic time - 504 and falling!!! @CharlieMurphy - what's going on?  From the love of power to the power of Love - My camera and video gear: [link to graphicstart.com] --- --- --- "Jesus Christ, the Son of God our Savior" |
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| CharlieMurphy User ID: 21085501 United States12/12/2012 06:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK, right: Quoting: 2012Portal Perigee: 505.5 km Apogee: 588.5 km I think as long as she stays within those numbers, she is "normal." I'm not well versed in orbits and how they function as far as satellites remaining in orbit...does their altitude fluctuate as they rotate in their orbits around earth? Yes, part of getting into orbit you end up with one end higher than the other. Then once at the highest point (apogee), you burn along the prograde (the direction your headed) and that in turn brings up the altitude of your lowest point (perigee). You use these maneuvers to "circularize" to the height you want with it even on both sides. We don't know what the flight profile of this satellite was, maybe this was the intended orbit, or maybe the satellite malfunctioned before it had a chance to circularize its orbit better. Thanks @CharlieMurphy Good input, appreciate it! For a "tumbling out of control" satellite, it sure does appear to be A-Okay. No Problem. If it is "tumbling out of control", it probably means that it is spinning around in space not able to orient itself in a proper direction. With no air in space you can spin and flip and roll around all you want and it won't effect the direction your heading. What it will effect is being able to orient communication dish's, camera's, sensors, and most importantly solar panels. Unless this thing is an EMP satellite it is space junk if they can't get their rotation controls working. I doubt it is an EMP though, with their shitty track record of launching things I would not put a valuable nuke as the payload. Fuck Yea! |
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| godzilla85 User ID: 22029621 United States12/12/2012 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: godzilla85 I'm not well versed in orbits and how they function as far as satellites remaining in orbit...does their altitude fluctuate as they rotate in their orbits around earth? Yes, part of getting into orbit you end up with one end higher than the other. Then once at the highest point (apogee), you burn along the prograde (the direction your headed) and that in turn brings up the altitude of your lowest point (perigee). You use these maneuvers to "circularize" to the height you want with it even on both sides. We don't know what the flight profile of this satellite was, maybe this was the intended orbit, or maybe the satellite malfunctioned before it had a chance to circularize its orbit better. Thanks @CharlieMurphy Good input, appreciate it! For a "tumbling out of control" satellite, it sure does appear to be A-Okay. No Problem. If it is "tumbling out of control", it probably means that it is spinning around in space not able to orient itself in a proper direction. With no air in space you can spin and flip and roll around all you want and it won't effect the direction your heading. What it will effect is being able to orient communication dish's, camera's, sensors, and most importantly solar panels. Unless this thing is an EMP satellite it is space junk if they can't get their rotation controls working. I doubt it is an EMP though, with their shitty track record of launching things I would not put a valuable nuke as the payload. lol you make a good point, the fact they got it that high up though does say a lot, they are learning fast |
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