Re: Picosatellites?

From: Atul Sowani (asowani@ptc.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 02:10:17 EST

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Well, I am not an expert in this, but I guess as the picosats
go dead, they will loose their energy, hence losing the orbit
they will eventually re-entering the atmosphere and will
evaporate.
Atul/08.Jan.2002

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:56 -0600, Tom  Wagner wrote:

>

> I have a question; how would "swarms of palm-sized 'picosatellites'" be
> monitored from the ground once they go dead? See:
>
> 'Space hairs' could help satellites dock to mother ship
> UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON NEWS RELEASE  Posted: January 4, 2002
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0201/04spacehairs/
>
> And who was it that said that everything was invented that was to be
> invented?!
>
> Tom
> Iowa
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