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  1. sitha241

    Electric propulsion for VLEO satelites

    Ok, il make specialized thread and post into it from time to time. It is really interesting stuff!
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    Updates Artemis Program Updates & Discussions

    I never really understood how that stuff works until we started having some work and contracts with ESA. No wonder they can't produce anything except good science from time to time.
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    Electric propulsion for VLEO satelites

    On the side note, is anyone on this forum interested in space hardware? I would like to put my own photos and explanations (when not NDA problematic) about hardware design, electronics etc. I can occasionally make post about that stuff if anyone is interested.
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    Electric propulsion for VLEO satelites

    Yes, we use those in cubesats, they are called magnetotorquers for attitude control, cheap and effective. Pictured here is one from the first Croatian cubesat my company helped make and is bound to launch soon on SpaceX's Falcon9 on one of Transporter or Bandwagon missions.
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    Electric propulsion for VLEO satelites

    Yes kinda simmilar :D
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    Electric propulsion for VLEO satelites

    Hi jedidia! Solar provides the energy to ionize and propel any gas (usually atomic oxygen at those heights) with speed sufficient to add energy more to a satellite than atmospheric drag is removing. It is meant for very low earth orbit, low latency comms satellites. System is comprised out of...
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    Electric propulsion for VLEO satelites

    Hi guys, I hope some of you find this interesting. I have been interested in space for a long time, ever since I was a kid, and eventually career path led me to founding my own R&D company and doing some cool space tech. One of the things we work on is air-breathing electric propulsion engines...
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    Astrophoto thread (your own photos please)

    Bit late, but at april 8th i went to the US to see the eclipse, my first. It was awesome and I got some nice photos also. Looking forward to try and catch one in Spain in a few years.
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    Updates Boeing's CST-100 Starliner

    Yeah, and unfortunately younger generations can't even remember what you have described lol. Brainrot continues :D
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    Random astropicture thread

    Aurora from plane above greenland! I was flying from Canada to Europe and during night saw aurora borealis! Bad pictures, took them with phone but it was magnificent!
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    News The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is dead

    That battery inside phone can blast hard, more so if it is fully charged. When I was in uni I worked part time in cell repair shop, and once my boss slaped iphone 4 on its back in effort to fit back panel and it caught fire, we had to evacuate for one hour until it was safe to go back. And damn...
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    Update Guide for Orbiter BETA

    Hi you have video on yt were david from forum here explained nice what you have to do to install and start using beta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwANJ_ZlWAs
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    True that :) I have s4 and I did not root it or flashed it for nearly a year..then one day I was filming timelapse with it on my window on 9 floor and left it for 30 sec and wind blew it..It shattered then I had to replace whole screen and housing and then I rooted it and instaled cm 12 aka...
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    External MFDs for Orbiter

    Tnx :)
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    External MFDs for Orbiter

    Hi Kamaz could you sent me that beta version to test?tnx for this!
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    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    I have been away from Orbiter for some time (life stuff) and week ago I installed 2015 version and d3d9 and it is awesome! Anyway since I have 2 7" tablets I installed VNC MFD (yes It works in 2015 I can confirm) and enjoyed some nice view of earth :) Tnx kamaz for addon! :tiphat:
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    New Release D3D9Client Development

    I am sorry to bother here..I searched but cant find..I used to have 3d in orbiter but that was long ago when I experimented with that and I cant remember did I use d3d9 or ogla for that..anyway I see there is option for stereoscopic 3d in settings but I dont know how to activate it..I have those...
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    Frustration is real....

    It is because in comp shops work people who have little or no skill in computers or electronics.. In my town out of all repair shops I can maybe count few of workers who know how to get the job done right way..
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    Frustration is real....

    I work part time in repair shop and I usualy try all but reinstaling windows.. For my self I keep orbiter and important stuff on different hard disk in pc..
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    Launch News Orion EFT-1 Update thread

    Would like to see reentry video from inside orion.. I saw few videos from soyuz and it looks awesome.
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