[FPSPACE] Next up...release of the small satellite

[agzak at optonline.net]

Jim:

Download PDF on you hard drive first, rather than opening it in the browser. Should work.


Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com

  

----- Original Message -----
From: jeoberg at comcast.net
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008 8:00 am
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Next up...release of the small satellite
To: agzak at optonline.net, fpspace at friends-partners.org

> Here's more on the dispute: the well-known "we-are-the-bad-guys" 
> lobby group,
> the so-called  'Union of concerned Scientists' in Cambridge, Mass, 
> quickly issued
> a white paper that supposedly proved that the subsatellite was no 
> threat. But I can't
> get the pdf to open.
> 
> They reportedly claim that the subsatellite is only going to 
> operate with a 
> cooperative Shenzhou-7 OM at close range. If factually correct, 
> this clarifies
> some earlier assumptions and claims made about the satellite. 
> 
> Jim O
> 
> Chinese Shenzhou 7 'Companion' Satellite Poses No Military Threat  
> Kansas City InfoZine - Sep 27 2:21 AM
>   News organizations recently reported that Chinese Shenzhou 7 
> astronauts this weekend will release a small soccer-ball sized 
> "companion" satellite with a camera that will maneuver around the 
> Shenzhou space capsule to broadcast China's first space walk.
>   Original link not valid – found on host 
> http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/30942/
> Chinese Shenzhou 7 'Companion' Satellite Poses No Military Threat
> Saturday, September 27, 2008 :: infoZine Staff 
>   News organizations recently reported that Chinese Shenzhou 7 
> astronauts this weekend will release a small soccer-ball sized 
> "companion" satellite with a camera that will maneuver around the 
> Shenzhou space capsule to broadcast China's first space walk.
>   Cambridge, MA infoZine - There have been few details in the 
> Western press about the satellite. Nevertheless, Chinese 
> development of a mini-satellite that could maneuver around a larger 
> satellite has raised some questions about its potential military 
> uses. 
>   However, a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) analysis of the 
> satellite's guidance mechanism indicates that it poses no threat. 
> It can only maneuver at close range around a "cooperative" 
> satellite, and therefore could not be used for close range 
> "proximity operations" around another country's satellite.
>   
> http://ucsusa.org/nuclear_weapons_and_global_security/international_information/us_china_relations/chinese-shenzhou-7-companion.html
> 
> http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nwgs/Shenzhou7SatBackgrounder-9-26-08.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: agzak at optonline.net
> > Yes, Jim, in the warped ideology of American nationalism, the US 
> intercept of a 
> > satellite, which has no chance of surviving the reentry, is a 
> peaceful mission, 
> > but a Chinese manned spacecraft practicing a rendezvous in space 
> is a hostile 
> > action. 
> > 
> > Congratulations to China. This might be a small step for US and 
> Russia, but a 
> > giant leap for the Chinese. :)
> > 
> > Anatoly Zak
> > http://www.russianspaceweb.com
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jeoberg at comcast.net
> > Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008 7:51 am
> > Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Next up...release of the small satellite
> > To: John Locker <john at satcom.freeserve.co.uk>, SeeSat-L at satobs.org
> > Cc: fpspace at friends-partners.org
> > 
> > > Does the subsatellite have any pedigree related to the 
> > > Surreysat payloads flown earlier?
> > > 
> > > Re-rendezvous with an inert (presumably) target does not seem 
> to me
> > > to be a step towards manned docking missions -- it smells more 
> like> > an uncooperative inspection mission.
> > > 
> > > -------------- Original message -------------- 
> > > From: "John Locker" <john at satcom.freeserve.co.uk> 
> > > 
> > > > Understand the satellite , once released will move out to a 
> > > distance of 4km 
> > > > Not sure what the purpose of the sat is although understand 
> it is 
> > > a an 
> > > > imaging bird.Speculation as to whether it will examine the 
> > > outside of 
> > > > Shenzhou 7 
> > > > 
> > > > John 
> > > > 
> > > > http://satcom.website.orange.co.uk/ 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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