Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40: Momentum Wheels tested!!!

[Bernie Basel <bbasel@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was under the impression that the mass of the s/c
was an unknown due to the post launch mishap.  If we
do not know the mass of the s/c how do we calculate
the amount of fuel left?


Bernie, K3BAZ


--- Peter Guelzow <peter.guelzow@arcormail.de> wrote:
> In fact, since the wheel MOIs are exactly known,
> this means that we would be able to determine s/c
> MOI to about 5% - from this we could possibly infer
> how much fuel is left in the N2O4/MMH tanks.




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