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Comment: changed server-sat to thinsat
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| Server sat displacement distance versus time is approximately $ 0.1 a ^2 $, where $ a $ is the peak acceleration from light pressure. If the peak acceleration is 20 microns per second squared, then a server sat can maneuver these distances in the given period of time: | Thinsat displacement distance versus time is approximately $ 0.1 a^2 $, where $ a $ is the peak acceleration from light pressure. If the peak acceleration is 20 microns per second squared, then a thinsat can maneuver these distances in the given period of time: |
Local Maneuvering
Thinsat displacement distance versus time is approximately $ 0.1 a^2 $, where $ a $ is the peak acceleration from light pressure. If the peak acceleration is 20 microns per second squared, then a thinsat can maneuver these distances in the given period of time:
time |
distance |
degrees of orbit |
1 second |
2 microns |
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1 minute |
7 millimeters |
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5 minutes |
18 centimeters |
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20 minutes |
3 meters |
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1 hour |
26 meters |
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4 hours |
400 meters |
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24 hours |
15 kilometers |
0.07 degrees |
3 days |
135 kilometers |
0.6 degrees |
1 week |
730 kilometers |
3.3 degrees |
1 month |
14K kilometers |
63 degrees |
52 days |
40K kilometers |
180 degrees |
If the wavelength is 8mm and the ground antenna is 500mm across, the aperture is about 0.5 degrees. So, in 3 days a thinsat can move from one aperture to the next, and in 52 days it can move anywhere in the m288 orbit.