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Re: Could we raise orbit thru magnetorque?
- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Could we raise orbit thru magnetorque?
- From: "Daniel Schultz" <n8fgv@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:35:40 -0500
- Z-USANET-MsgId: XID481LBTVjp0313X31
Physics 101: a magnetic dipole can only apply a torque to a satellite, it
cannot apply an unbalanced force, and thus cannot accelerate the satellite in
its orbit.
Dan Schultz N8FGV
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