From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
Subject: Re: Ada rocket launches Ada satellite
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:49:54 +0100
Date: 2002-03-01T17:49:54+01:00 [thread overview]
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"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> a �crit dans le message news: $t+gmHbX4gtA@eisner.encompasserve.org...
> In article <a5o47e$mqv$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net>, "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> writes:
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> > Thanks to new fuel-saving algorithms, it was possible to turn off the engine when the exact orbit was reached (with more than 3s
> > remaining fuel - quite a lot for such a rocket).
>
> Does 3s mean 3 seconds ?
Yes. Usually, fuel is computed to just reach the expected orbit, you don't want to embark extra weight!
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2002-03-01 14:46 Ada rocket launches Ada satellite Jean-Pierre Rosen
2002-03-01 15:25 ` John McCabe
2002-03-19 15:46 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2002-03-01 16:45 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-01 16:49 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen [this message]
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