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Antzi
Antzi
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Q: How to reserve a place at spacex, chineese, india rocket to send small satellites?

user17134As in a title, im searching for a way of reserving a place on a rocket to send small satellites into space. Can it be only done by some kind of launch broker company? Are there any informations on how those companies work with spacex or any other comapnies providing satellite launch?

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AKA i have millions of dollars, let's go ask internet how to spend them.
 
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Sir Cumference
Sir Cumference
03:43
Howdy
 
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Phiteros
Phiteros
05:30
I came across this comic which was evidently published in honor of Rosetta and Philae
 
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Sir Cumference
Sir Cumference
13:12
TIL Tycho Brahe had a pet moose, who died after it drank too much beer and drunkenly fell down a flight of stairs...
Stack Exchange
Stack Exchange
13:55
NASASpaceFlight.com: Ariane 5 set for Sky Muster II and GSAT-18 launch
posted on October 04, 2016 by Chris Bergin

Ariane 5 will continue Arianespace’s busy 2016 pace with her fifth launch of the year via the lofting of the Sky Muster II and GSAT-18 communication satellites on... No related posts.

 
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Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
15:06
@Phiteros That happens to be a webcomic I have not read yet. Thank you.
 
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Phiteros
Phiteros
17:24
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They're busy moving JWST's mirror
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
Why is the mirror image so yellow? It appears to not be covered in anything.
called2voyage
called2voyage
@Hohmannfan JWST mirror is made of berrylium
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
Oh! One of my top ten favourite metals!
I should probably read up on the JWST, I have not done that yet.
LocalFluff
LocalFluff
18:02
@Hohmannfan The mirrors are covered by a very thin layer of gold as a protection package. I saw beryllium in chemistry class at high school, and it looks dull like lead but is light weight and chips of it can be used as racing boats in a water glass. Until they explode in a spontaneous rocket propellant hydrogen oxygen kind of mixture.
When even the mirrors actively try to break themselves, astronomy is hard.
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Beautiful Ariane 5 lift off in 2 hours and a bit. I love watching those.
called2voyage
called2voyage
18:45
@LocalFluff Good to know
LocalFluff
LocalFluff
19:19
@called2voyage (not that you asked me anything, but just to misuse you as an excuse for another comment here) 73 successful launches IN A ROW! Heck, I'd love to have that track record in my kitchen cooking. Or in that other room in my apartment, to be honest. 73. There's no recalling any beta versions once this bird burns.
called2voyage
called2voyage
19:36
@LocalFluff Ariane 5?
LocalFluff
LocalFluff
Bah, 2 DAYS off to launch for the Ariane 5, not hours. Oh Bauh.
 
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LocalFluff
LocalFluff
21:00
That's kind of a launch failure. :-)
 
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Russell Borogove
Russell Borogove
22:41
Visual width of a body is inverse linear with distance, not inverse square -- visual area is inverse square.
(days late but I'm a stickler for this stuff)
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
22:52
@RussellBorogove Actually, it is proportional to asin(radius / distance).
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
23:03
Not that it matters a lot though:
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Russell Borogove
Russell Borogove
23:13
The best kind of correct.
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
23:50
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Get it really correct.
oups, it should be radius instead of 1 in that fraction.
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Really correct, for real this time.

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