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NASA Space Flight
NASA Space Flight
1:32 AM
NASASpaceFlight.com: Long March 3B launches with latest Chinese GPS satellites
posted on August 25, 2018 by Rui C. Barbosa

A new pair of navigation satellites were launched on Friday by China, marking its 23rd…

 
 
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Erin Anne
Erin Anne
3:14 AM
There is a Crew Dragon render going around that makes me very angry. flickr.com/photos/nasakennedy/42840169205/in/…
The IDA is rolled 180 degrees wrong :(
 
 
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uhoh
uhoh
7:36 AM
@ErinAnne oh no! I challenge you to post a "Who is the space artist who....?" question ;-)
 
 
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PearsonArtPhoto
PearsonArtPhoto
3:49 PM
There are no images of Starlink...
At least, they are really hard to find.
 
Mazura
Mazura
4:08 PM
Is there an ideal altitude for assembling an interplanetary craft? As much as possible before it even leaves the ground? Does the rocket equation (or our technology) favor multiple small launches?
 
PearsonArtPhoto
PearsonArtPhoto
No, No, and No.
Launching there is a preference to a higher altitude, but it is pretty slight.
 
 
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uhoh
uhoh
5:14 PM
@PearsonArtPhoto what would an "image of starlink" be of? One of the satellites? The constellation, the network configuration? When I think of an image of GPS I think of the diagram of the orbits.
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Q: SpaceX's 4,425 satellite constellation - what's the method to the madness?

uhohThe BBC article SpaceX aims to launch internet from space discusses the SpaceX proposal for a dense array of over 4,000 LEO satellites for global internet coverage, and links to SpaceX non-Geostationary Satellite System Attachment A - Technical Information to Supplement Schedule S. The initial c...

spacex orbital-mechanics low-earth-orbit communication-satellite satellite-constellation
Have you checked their patents? If there are some, there might be some artwork there, and published patents are certainly (I think) fair game for talking about and showing.
 
 
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PearsonArtPhoto
PearsonArtPhoto
7:22 PM
The satellites. Still, I think I figured out a good solution
 
 
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PearsonArtPhoto
PearsonArtPhoto
8:44 PM
Done with my next video! Most of the rest of them should involve less general research then the ones I have done thus far, so...
 

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