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jasonlevineTue Oct-08-02 06:58 AM
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"Can you launch a satellite?"


  

          

This is quite challenging. Click on the "moon", drag the mouse, and release. Try to see how long your satellite stays in orbit. (Launching it into the vast recesses of space doesn't count. )

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/satellites.html

My record is about 3 years (defining a year as 1 revolution of the moon).

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doctormidnightTue Oct-08-02 07:40 AM
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#1. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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I've had 4 little dudes spinning around for about 20 years. I might let this one go for an hour or two

  

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MykTue Oct-08-02 07:41 AM
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#2. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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So far I had a figure 8 for one path around earth and the moon.

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The_AspTue Oct-08-02 08:40 AM
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#3. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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interestin.... and, kinda fun


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andrini2000Tue Oct-08-02 09:21 AM
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#4. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Pretty neat alright. Thanks for sharing Jason.



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General_KTue Oct-08-02 10:26 AM
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Hehe...my satellites keep burning up in the atmosphere.




  

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waldoThu May-22-03 01:51 AM
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#17. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Houston? We have a problem!

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Carl DTue Oct-08-02 02:51 PM
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#6. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Hi Jason, hey, that's great fun! I got one to orbit the earth for about 20 moon orbits (I guess you'd actually call them months). I tried several others but I lost them in space or they "crashed & burned". You need to keep them low or the moon deflects them of course.

In fact, my 20 orbit one was still going when I exited to come back here - the real trick though would be to get one to orbit the moon, that's almost impossible - for me anyway.

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MykTue Oct-08-02 05:51 PM
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#7. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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I discovered that you click and drag anywhere.

I just went to sleep for a couple hours and woke up with three still going.

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jasonlevineWed Oct-09-02 05:41 AM
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#13. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Hey, I didn't realize that. I just let about 500 loose. Of course, only 5 are staying in stable orbits. Guess I'll keep my day job.

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AllynTue Oct-08-02 07:53 PM
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#8. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Tue Oct-08-02 08:16 PM

          

orbits and no longer counting! Some satellites are fairly tight around earth and vary from near circular to eliptical. Don't know how many lunar orbits have taken place.

The moon's distance from Earth is not to scale but it's still fun. I launched several that got caught by the moon and became part of the moonscape or went somewhere else entirely.

EDIT: I've got seven or eight orbiting, one in a deep parabola that goes well outside the moon's orbit. That circular orbit is elusive. My satellites are all over space! No NASA job for me yet!

Allyn

  

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dbahnTue Oct-08-02 08:07 PM
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#9. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Here's an interesting quirk I found by accident. Send a cluster of moons going counterclockwise, then send a cluster going clockwise and come back in 15 minutes. Usually all of the ones going in the same direction as the moon will have crashed or left orbit, and all of the ones remaining will be going against the rotation path of the moon.

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giddyrigTue Oct-08-02 08:32 PM
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#10. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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I've got one doing really well so far, it's been going on for quite some time now 20 minutes or so, and I have others that are circling, but they go off the screen, so I don't really count them. This is so fun, but WHY??? I was making hundreds of them at a time before, but they get weeded out pretty fast. I found that you can sling them with your cursor too! Man they really go! I wish they would do one of an entire solar system where you could put planets on an orbit and then add comets and meteors to the mix. Something of a SIM solar system so to speak. It would be pretty cool! (Okay the nerd in me just finally surfaced!):P

Hey, this is cool, put your cursor in a corner, and wait until the moon is getting close, then click and produce as many as you can and then stop just as the moon passes by and you have a whole string of them moving about. Heh, this is fun! Thx for the toy Jason!

  

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AllynWed Oct-09-02 12:45 AM
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#11. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Hey Giddyrig, I did the same thing without reading about it first. Park in the corner and let loose a stream!

Maybe we ought to team up and hunt comets!



Allyn

  

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Backward BobSat Oct-12-02 03:50 AM
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#15. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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If it goes off screen in the right orbit it will come back onscreen later.







  

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mcnallyjpWed Oct-09-02 01:26 AM
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#12. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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Very addictive. I have had it running on my desktop for the last 5 hours.

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Jim

  

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giddyrigWed Oct-09-02 07:31 AM
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#14. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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The trick is to launch them really close to the earth at a fast orbit. I have some that I launched earlier today, and they are still going now.

  

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Backward BobSat Oct-12-02 03:55 AM
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#16. "RE: Can you launch a satellite?"
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I would be a genius if I had 10% of the brainpower the designer of this game has.







  

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