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Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by gregr401 on Monday December 21, 2015 @08:53PM (#10775161)
Yes, it absolutely was firing continuously around 17,000 MPH. Doesn't take long at that speed to get some distance between sats.
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Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by mikeash on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:02PM (#10775229)
The satellites are moving at that speed too....
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Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by dgacmu on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:30PM (#10775380)
But they're not all moving at the same speed if the second stage was still firing between satellite releases.
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Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by mikeash on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:32PM (#10775390)
True but irrelevant, as the second stage engine cut off before satellite deployment.
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Re:SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] by vpribish on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @02:30AM (#10776373)
why do you think that? the second stage engine was off during deployment.
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