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Article #6336Re: Relay to follow Galileo?
From: Ron Baalke
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:44
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:44
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In article <1992Dec18.143201.10326@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, fisher@decwin.enet.dec.com () writes...
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>It seems to me that there is a lot of stuff that people have not thought of
>regarding sending a TDRSS after Galileo. For example, I'm not sure you can
>just splice in an RTG in place of solar panels. Are they the right voltage?
>Power? How about mass distribution and other dynamic considerations? Are the
>thrusters placed correctly now?
One other consideration is that the satellite would have to be radiation
hardened to survive in the strong radiation belts surrounding Jupiter.
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