Local Maneuvering

Thinsat displacement distance versus time is approximately 4 microns per second squared. A thinsat can maneuver these distances in the given period of time:

time

accelerate

move and stop

degrees of orbit

1 second

1 micron

1 minute

4 millimeters

5 minutes

36 centimeters

20 minutes

6 meters

1 hour

52 meters

4 hours

800 meters

24 hours

30 kilometers

0.14 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.