Weather is looking great for Sunday UTC. https://t.co/fK5e72ch70
— Peter Beck (@Peter_J_Beck) March 22, 2019
Following today’s launch readiness review for the DARPA #R3D2 mission, Electron is go for launch! We are currently targeting no earlier than 22:30, Sunday 24 March, UTC. 🚀 pic.twitter.com/mz3A3caJkz
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) March 22, 2019
Welcome to launch day! On board Electron for today’s mission is the R3D2 spacecraft for @DARPA. This innovative mission intends to space-qualify a prototype reflect array antenna to improve radio communications in small spacecraft. Stay tuned for launch updates 🚀 pic.twitter.com/xtfrOzNUDs
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) March 24, 2019
SOURCES – Rocket Lab, Twitter, DARPA, Youtube Written By Brian WangRocket Lab is launching the @DARPA R3D2 mission today at 7:36pm EDT, 23:36 UTC, from the Mahia Peninsula! Watch live here: https://t.co/f9pMuPLoDr
— Brady Kenniston (@TheFavoritist) March 24, 2019
Expect a gorgeous launch from the prettiest launch complex in the world! Pictured is ElaNa XIX. pic.twitter.com/bG8D6szrtd
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This is great news. What is needed at some point soon is a deployment of similar satellites with “packages” that can amplify, re-transmit and store data. Each satellite would be set to deploy and proceed outward from home position. The pattern of deployment would need to be analyzed to maintain a web pattern (each satellite being a point, you draw a line between all of them not exceeding transmission distances). At the widest points of the web you will lose transmission but as the process proceeds another satellite will be directly behind the previous which is now able to intercept the previous paths signalling. As time goes on I feel scientists will find a way to augment this network of satellites to crate a new for of radio telescope technology.
Not really, there are scale effects that increase at different rates as the item is increased in size.
Seems to me if it’s entirely 3D printed, then you can just get a bigger 3D printer, scale your cad files by 4 times bigger and then print an electron rocket the size of a falcon 9 with minimal development cost…