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

["Jens H. Jensen" <topcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 23:55 15-08-2001, you wrote:
>Ok... Either I missed making my point or I missed the point, Hi.
>
>I understand that the current mass of the s/c can be calculated, that was
>not what I was questioning.   My question was how do we determine how much
>fuel is left if we do not what the s/c mass is sans fuel.  In other words if
>pieces of the s/c are missing because of the post launch incident the mass
>is an unknown.  You can't subtract the an unknown value from the total mass
>to calculate the amount of fuel left.

As I have understood it, the wast majority of the s/c is accounted for 
onboard (drawing power, showing valid values), if not nescecearily working :-|
It could then be assumed that any pieces missing, if indeed any ARE, would 
account for very little mass, seen as a percentage of the whole s/c mass.

Just how big was the fuel mass to the complete mass ratio?

73 de OZ1LRG

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