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Ooh. Radiation pressure. 23 million square meters * 8 microN/m^2 = 184 Newtons of thrust away from the Sun. Roughly 1/250 G of acceleration. That doesn't sound
by dsr_ 8y ago
Ooh. Radiation pressure. 23 million square meters * 8 microN/m^2 = 184 Newtons of thrust away from the Sun. Roughly 1/250 G of acceleration. That doesn't sound like much, but you need to counter it for stationkeeping. It's going to be a big chunk of the mass budget.