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The launch of 63S next week will be the first attempt of a Soyuz performing a two orbit rendezvous, I believe. As others have said, this is the nominal flight path for Progress. The 63S crew is planned to dock with station 3:07 after launching. Pretty quick!

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Good question! The reason that they land in Kazakhstan is because that is where the Baikonur Cosmodrome is, the launch facility of Roscosmos. Fun fact: the same launch pad used today is also where Yuri Gagarin launched from on the first human space flight ever!

The reason that Christina Koch, a NASA Astronaut, is landing there, is because we currently buy seats on Russian rockets to get to and from the ISS. Hopefully that will end this year with the commercial crew program.

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Good question! In a circular orbit, orbital velocity depends only on the radius of the orbit (i.e. the height of the satellite). Higher satellites move slower than lower satellites. So, to answer your question, the velocity of a satellite is adjustable in the sense that you can change its orbit. The orbital velocity of a real life satellite in an elliptical orbit is dependent on both the radius and the semi-major axis of the orbit.

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The force of gravity between two objects is defined by F = GMm/r2 where G is the gravitational constant, the M and m are the two masses, and r is the distance between the center of masses.

In your specific scenario the force between the two satellites would be = (6.67e-11 m3 kg-1 s-2 )(100 kg)(100 kg)/(100 m)2, which would give us 6.67e-11 Newtons. If we divide this by the mass of the satellite, we can find the acceleration equals 6.67 e-13 m/s2 (F=ma). This shows a very very small acceleration of the two satellites towards each other given that no other opposing forces are present. As to whether or not the resulting acceleration would be measurable, I am sure it can be with sensitive enough accelerometers.

For reference, if we use the same formula to calculate the force between the earth and one of these satellites (assuming 250km altitude) we get a force of 905 Newton’s. The satellite’s acceleration towards earth would be 9.05 m/s2.

I hope that sheds some more light on the situation for you.

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Haha I live very far from Lubbock now and there is so much red dirt in the crevices of my car, it’s honestly amazing

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It all came from goddamn Post

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Pronounce “Chipotle”

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2:30 would be awesome. Got an early flight out Sunday

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Hey me too! Can't wait

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Lol yeah what was that??

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RAIDER!!!

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Yeah I was thinking of doing that too! Fox sports go is working for now. Thanks for that link

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I just graduated and moved to Florida too! How do you watch the games?

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Hey man, it's not so baddd

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No I'm just pleasantly surprised every time I don't get charged! It feeds me for like 2 full days I wouldn't mind paying a little more.

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Thanks! I'll do that.

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At my regular store and a few other stores I have been to, I ask for a 'Venn diagram' and they automatically know what I'm talking about. However, some other stores I have been to are really confused about it. Does corporate teach you anything about these? Have you ever heard of this?

It's when you overlap two tortillas, similar to an actual Venn diagram, and then roll them up together. It fits way more food and is the same price.

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Thanks so much for doing this AMA! I am a mechanical engineer who is moving to Vero Beach soon. If I swing by, could I get shown around your facilities? I would love to learn more about how you guys do what you do.

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Yessss, add a banana and a tad of hersheys syrup and blend it all up for a yummy smoothie

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This is an incredible interview that gave me some inspiration during this hellish week, thanks for sharing

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What cruise control module did you go with? I have a mazda 3 base and I miss cruise control so much

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I am a senior in engineering right now, but when I was a freshman I took songwriting. It was pretty simple. I recommend that you know how to play an instrument because if not you will have to sing in front of everyone (which would have been super embarassing for me).

The teacher gives lectures which are pretty interesting and about 2 or 3 times a semester you must form groups and write a song. Nothing complicated. Pretty much everyone got A's I think.

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Yeah engineering. Would you say there's a higher chance for STEM?
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