Quote:
Originally Posted by Paper Kosmonaut
The fourth stage of the Scout launcher spun the satellite up to 60 RPM or thereabout to keep it stabilised in the last push into orbit.
|
That should be
180 rpm. Just a teeny tiny little bit faster. (just reading more about the fourth stage of the rocket that launched ANS into orbit, the Scout 1D (and the fourth stage was called UTC FW-4S, which I think is a great and suitable name for a rocket stage.)
I think am going to try and build ANS mounted on the fourth stage of the Scout. Detachable, I think. it is just an idea.
And thanks for the nice comment, Sergio!