Star 48b Third-stage Motor, Leaving the solar system |
Star 48b Third-stage Motor, Leaving the solar system |
Jan 21 2006, 11:49 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 13-August 05 From: Belgium Member No.: 465 |
I suppose the STAR 48B third-stage, which put New Horizons on its trajectory towards Jupiter, follows about the same flight-path as the New Horizons spacecraft itself. If this is the case, will it too in the end leave our solar system?
Or has it been deflected after seperation from the spacecraft? |
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Jan 21 2006, 12:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 532 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 173 |
QUOTE (Guido @ Jan 21 2006, 11:49 AM) I suppose the STAR 48B third-stage, which put New Horizons on its trajectory towards Jupiter, follows about the same flight-path as the New Horizons spacecraft itself. If this is the case, will it too in the end leave our solar system? Or has it been deflected after seperation from the spacecraft? It's going interstellar. But wll miss Pluto considerably, by >>10^7 km. -Alan |
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Jan 22 2006, 03:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jan 21 2006, 07:11 AM) In the other words, the Star 48B will follow up the NH's track until Jupiter? After Jupiter, will continue following farther or closer to NH toward Pluto? I assume that NH will make many TCM, so every time NH performs the TCM, the Star 48 B will be lagging even farther. Have the NH team been tought about the usefulness of mass of Star 48 B to hit on Pluto as an experiment about the Pluto's properties of structure and at the same time Clyde will be able to land on that..... Rodolfo |
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Jan 22 2006, 07:17 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 599 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jan 21 2006, 07:10 PM) Have the NH team been tought about the usefulness of mass of Star 48 B to hit on Pluto as an experiment about the Pluto's properties of structure and at the same time Clyde will be able to land on that..... That would be truly a hole in one type of shot to hit Pluto without any tracking and course corrections after motor burnout!! |
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