From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DIET_1, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b46ffbb12a63d92 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-01 08:50:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.mathworks.com!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada rocket launches Ada satellite Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:49:54 +0100 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: References: <$t+gmHbX4gtA@eisner.encompasserve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.axlog.fr X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 1015001374 28181 195.25.228.57 (1 Mar 2002 16:49:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:49:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20655 Date: 2002-03-01T17:49:54+01:00 List-Id: "Larry Kilgallen" a �crit dans le message news: $t+gmHbX4gtA@eisner.encompasserve.org... > In article , "Jean-Pierre Rosen" writes: > > > 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! -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr