[amsat-bb] nuclear satellites Was: MIR question

[The Roschewsks <bangzoom@xxxxxxx>]

COSMOS-954 was a Soviet spy powered by a nuclear reactor fueled with
radioactive uranium. It crashed in Canada on January 24, 1978. 

reference: 
http://www.aticourses.com/news/encount.htm
http://www.ucalgary.ca/MG/inrm/industry/space/environ.htm

--> Rob
ka2pbt

- ----- Original Message -----
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:42:03 -0000
From: "John Stephensen, KD6OZH" <kd6ozh@gte.net>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] MIR question

As far as I know, all of the nuclear-powered spacecraft have been sent on
interplanetary missions and were not even in a temporary orbit around earth.
Solar power is too inefficient once you get past Mars.

73,

John
KD6OZH

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Cole" <n7bfs@qwest.net>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Friday, 23 March 2001 21:18 UTC
Subject: [amsat-bb] MIR question


> Me and my buddy were talking about the fallout of MIR yesterday and he
> brought up the subject of Nuclear reactor parts raining down on us and
> that there are many nuke powered satellites up in orbit .
>
> So my question is can anyone lend some credence to this statement , I
> was unaware that there was any nuke power plants in orbit , I thought I
> recall a thread about this a few years back and that it was not so ...
>
> I would be kinda worried about orbiting nuke plants in the sky ( let
> alone on the ground in my own state ).
>
> Someone please enlighten me :^}
> --
> Douglas Cole   N7BFS
> AMSAT#26182 , K2 # 544
> http://www.users.qwest.net/~cdoug3
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