What is the orbital boost acceleration of the ISS?
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How much acceleration does the International Space Station experience during its orbital adjustment boosts? How much thrust and for how long? Bonus question: what is the highest acceleration that the ISS can have without breaking up?
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asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
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How much acceleration does the International Space Station experience during its orbital adjustment boosts? How much thrust and for how long? Bonus question: what is the highest acceleration that the ISS can have without breaking up?
iss crewed-spaceflight
asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
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The Russians made a mistake once and commanded too large of a burn. There is video of objects in the station swaying, etc. There was concern that the station had been damaged. I'll try to find a reference.
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
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This informative answer by @Innovine discusses the incident: space.stackexchange.com/questions/20197/…
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of When the ISS moves, do the astronauts feel it?
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– Russell Borogove
7 hours ago
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@RussellBorogove I've just asked How fast is this astronaut “falling”? Distance from start to end point freefalling during boost? before I saw your answer. My question is different, but you may have some thoughts on it.
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– uhoh
7 hours ago
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Eh, there's an answer there that gives some of the info I want, but I don't know the rules here well enough to judge whether that counts as the question being the same, or how I should edit the question to make it more different.
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– Nelson Cunnington
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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How much acceleration does the International Space Station experience during its orbital adjustment boosts? How much thrust and for how long? Bonus question: what is the highest acceleration that the ISS can have without breaking up?
iss crewed-spaceflight
asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
1047
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How much acceleration does the International Space Station experience during its orbital adjustment boosts? How much thrust and for how long? Bonus question: what is the highest acceleration that the ISS can have without breaking up?
iss crewed-spaceflight
iss crewed-spaceflight
asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
1047
asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
1047
asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
1047
asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
1047
asked 15 hours ago
Nelson CunningtonNelson Cunnington
1047
1047
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The Russians made a mistake once and commanded too large of a burn. There is video of objects in the station swaying, etc. There was concern that the station had been damaged. I'll try to find a reference.
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
1
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This informative answer by @Innovine discusses the incident: space.stackexchange.com/questions/20197/…
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
3
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Possible duplicate of When the ISS moves, do the astronauts feel it?
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– Russell Borogove
7 hours ago
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@RussellBorogove I've just asked How fast is this astronaut “falling”? Distance from start to end point freefalling during boost? before I saw your answer. My question is different, but you may have some thoughts on it.
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– uhoh
7 hours ago
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Eh, there's an answer there that gives some of the info I want, but I don't know the rules here well enough to judge whether that counts as the question being the same, or how I should edit the question to make it more different.
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– Nelson Cunnington
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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The Russians made a mistake once and commanded too large of a burn. There is video of objects in the station swaying, etc. There was concern that the station had been damaged. I'll try to find a reference.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
1
$begingroup$
This informative answer by @Innovine discusses the incident: space.stackexchange.com/questions/20197/…
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
3
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Possible duplicate of When the ISS moves, do the astronauts feel it?
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– Russell Borogove
7 hours ago
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@RussellBorogove I've just asked How fast is this astronaut “falling”? Distance from start to end point freefalling during boost? before I saw your answer. My question is different, but you may have some thoughts on it.
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– uhoh
7 hours ago
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Eh, there's an answer there that gives some of the info I want, but I don't know the rules here well enough to judge whether that counts as the question being the same, or how I should edit the question to make it more different.
$endgroup$
– Nelson Cunnington
4 hours ago
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The Russians made a mistake once and commanded too large of a burn. There is video of objects in the station swaying, etc. There was concern that the station had been damaged. I'll try to find a reference.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
$begingroup$
The Russians made a mistake once and commanded too large of a burn. There is video of objects in the station swaying, etc. There was concern that the station had been damaged. I'll try to find a reference.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
1
1
$begingroup$
This informative answer by @Innovine discusses the incident: space.stackexchange.com/questions/20197/…
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
$begingroup$
This informative answer by @Innovine discusses the incident: space.stackexchange.com/questions/20197/…
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
3
3
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Possible duplicate of When the ISS moves, do the astronauts feel it?
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– Russell Borogove
7 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of When the ISS moves, do the astronauts feel it?
$endgroup$
– Russell Borogove
7 hours ago
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@RussellBorogove I've just asked How fast is this astronaut “falling”? Distance from start to end point freefalling during boost? before I saw your answer. My question is different, but you may have some thoughts on it.
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– uhoh
7 hours ago
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@RussellBorogove I've just asked How fast is this astronaut “falling”? Distance from start to end point freefalling during boost? before I saw your answer. My question is different, but you may have some thoughts on it.
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– uhoh
7 hours ago
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Eh, there's an answer there that gives some of the info I want, but I don't know the rules here well enough to judge whether that counts as the question being the same, or how I should edit the question to make it more different.
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– Nelson Cunnington
4 hours ago
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Eh, there's an answer there that gives some of the info I want, but I don't know the rules here well enough to judge whether that counts as the question being the same, or how I should edit the question to make it more different.
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– Nelson Cunnington
4 hours ago
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If you follow the link in this superb answer by @TildalWave to the NASA blogs, you can get info on every boost.
His example from the blogs is:
ISS Daily Summary Report – 05/06/15
ISS Reboost: This morning, the ISS performed a reboost using 58P thrusters to set up phasing requirements for 41S landing scheduled on May 13. Burn duration was 12 minutes, 17 seconds with a Delta-V of 1.34 meters/second.
And definitely worth reading the blog linked to in the comments there. @Uhoh pointed out two awesome YouTube clips linked from that blog demonstrating the effect of the boost burn on people and items inside the ISS:
Expedition 29 crew and Expedition 22 Commander and camera
I haven't yet found any maximum safe boost information, though.
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
9,99524273
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Thanks @uhoh - done!
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– Rory Alsop
6 hours ago
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I've re-used these cool videos here: space.stackexchange.com/q/34702/12102
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– uhoh
6 hours ago
3
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There's not really a "maximum safe boost" per se. Sure, there's an acceleration that will lead to immediate or imminent breakup, but things are far lower than that. What happens instead is that different boosts will set up structural vibrations that reduce the structural life of various components. That's the scenario that they analyze to, and there are far more variables than just the intensity of a particular burn.
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– Tristan
5 hours ago
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Wow, 12 minute burn for only 1.34 m/s? That's a very slow burn. I suppose the slower it is, the more precise you can make it...
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– corsiKa
3 hours ago
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And the lower the stress on the ISS. Those two videos site just how gentle the boost burn is :-)
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– Rory Alsop
1 hour ago
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If you follow the link in this superb answer by @TildalWave to the NASA blogs, you can get info on every boost.
His example from the blogs is:
ISS Daily Summary Report – 05/06/15
ISS Reboost: This morning, the ISS performed a reboost using 58P thrusters to set up phasing requirements for 41S landing scheduled on May 13. Burn duration was 12 minutes, 17 seconds with a Delta-V of 1.34 meters/second.
And definitely worth reading the blog linked to in the comments there. @Uhoh pointed out two awesome YouTube clips linked from that blog demonstrating the effect of the boost burn on people and items inside the ISS:
Expedition 29 crew and Expedition 22 Commander and camera
I haven't yet found any maximum safe boost information, though.
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
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Thanks @uhoh - done!
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– Rory Alsop
6 hours ago
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I've re-used these cool videos here: space.stackexchange.com/q/34702/12102
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– uhoh
6 hours ago
3
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There's not really a "maximum safe boost" per se. Sure, there's an acceleration that will lead to immediate or imminent breakup, but things are far lower than that. What happens instead is that different boosts will set up structural vibrations that reduce the structural life of various components. That's the scenario that they analyze to, and there are far more variables than just the intensity of a particular burn.
$endgroup$
– Tristan
5 hours ago
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Wow, 12 minute burn for only 1.34 m/s? That's a very slow burn. I suppose the slower it is, the more precise you can make it...
$endgroup$
– corsiKa
3 hours ago
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And the lower the stress on the ISS. Those two videos site just how gentle the boost burn is :-)
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
If you follow the link in this superb answer by @TildalWave to the NASA blogs, you can get info on every boost.
His example from the blogs is:
ISS Daily Summary Report – 05/06/15
ISS Reboost: This morning, the ISS performed a reboost using 58P thrusters to set up phasing requirements for 41S landing scheduled on May 13. Burn duration was 12 minutes, 17 seconds with a Delta-V of 1.34 meters/second.
And definitely worth reading the blog linked to in the comments there. @Uhoh pointed out two awesome YouTube clips linked from that blog demonstrating the effect of the boost burn on people and items inside the ISS:
Expedition 29 crew and Expedition 22 Commander and camera
I haven't yet found any maximum safe boost information, though.
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
9,99524273
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1
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Thanks @uhoh - done!
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– Rory Alsop
6 hours ago
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I've re-used these cool videos here: space.stackexchange.com/q/34702/12102
$endgroup$
– uhoh
6 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
There's not really a "maximum safe boost" per se. Sure, there's an acceleration that will lead to immediate or imminent breakup, but things are far lower than that. What happens instead is that different boosts will set up structural vibrations that reduce the structural life of various components. That's the scenario that they analyze to, and there are far more variables than just the intensity of a particular burn.
$endgroup$
– Tristan
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
Wow, 12 minute burn for only 1.34 m/s? That's a very slow burn. I suppose the slower it is, the more precise you can make it...
$endgroup$
– corsiKa
3 hours ago
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And the lower the stress on the ISS. Those two videos site just how gentle the boost burn is :-)
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
If you follow the link in this superb answer by @TildalWave to the NASA blogs, you can get info on every boost.
His example from the blogs is:
ISS Daily Summary Report – 05/06/15
ISS Reboost: This morning, the ISS performed a reboost using 58P thrusters to set up phasing requirements for 41S landing scheduled on May 13. Burn duration was 12 minutes, 17 seconds with a Delta-V of 1.34 meters/second.
And definitely worth reading the blog linked to in the comments there. @Uhoh pointed out two awesome YouTube clips linked from that blog demonstrating the effect of the boost burn on people and items inside the ISS:
Expedition 29 crew and Expedition 22 Commander and camera
I haven't yet found any maximum safe boost information, though.
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
9,99524273
$endgroup$
If you follow the link in this superb answer by @TildalWave to the NASA blogs, you can get info on every boost.
His example from the blogs is:
ISS Daily Summary Report – 05/06/15
ISS Reboost: This morning, the ISS performed a reboost using 58P thrusters to set up phasing requirements for 41S landing scheduled on May 13. Burn duration was 12 minutes, 17 seconds with a Delta-V of 1.34 meters/second.
And definitely worth reading the blog linked to in the comments there. @Uhoh pointed out two awesome YouTube clips linked from that blog demonstrating the effect of the boost burn on people and items inside the ISS:
Expedition 29 crew and Expedition 22 Commander and camera
I haven't yet found any maximum safe boost information, though.
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
9,99524273
edited 6 hours ago
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
9,99524273
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
9,99524273
answered 14 hours ago
Rory AlsopRory Alsop
9,99524273
9,99524273
1
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Thanks @uhoh - done!
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– Rory Alsop
6 hours ago
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I've re-used these cool videos here: space.stackexchange.com/q/34702/12102
$endgroup$
– uhoh
6 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
There's not really a "maximum safe boost" per se. Sure, there's an acceleration that will lead to immediate or imminent breakup, but things are far lower than that. What happens instead is that different boosts will set up structural vibrations that reduce the structural life of various components. That's the scenario that they analyze to, and there are far more variables than just the intensity of a particular burn.
$endgroup$
– Tristan
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
Wow, 12 minute burn for only 1.34 m/s? That's a very slow burn. I suppose the slower it is, the more precise you can make it...
$endgroup$
– corsiKa
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
And the lower the stress on the ISS. Those two videos site just how gentle the boost burn is :-)
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
1 hour ago
add a comment |
1
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Thanks @uhoh - done!
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I've re-used these cool videos here: space.stackexchange.com/q/34702/12102
$endgroup$
– uhoh
6 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
There's not really a "maximum safe boost" per se. Sure, there's an acceleration that will lead to immediate or imminent breakup, but things are far lower than that. What happens instead is that different boosts will set up structural vibrations that reduce the structural life of various components. That's the scenario that they analyze to, and there are far more variables than just the intensity of a particular burn.
$endgroup$
– Tristan
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
Wow, 12 minute burn for only 1.34 m/s? That's a very slow burn. I suppose the slower it is, the more precise you can make it...
$endgroup$
– corsiKa
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
And the lower the stress on the ISS. Those two videos site just how gentle the boost burn is :-)
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
1 hour ago
1
1
$begingroup$
Thanks @uhoh - done!
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
Thanks @uhoh - done!
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I've re-used these cool videos here: space.stackexchange.com/q/34702/12102
$endgroup$
– uhoh
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I've re-used these cool videos here: space.stackexchange.com/q/34702/12102
$endgroup$
– uhoh
6 hours ago
3
3
$begingroup$
There's not really a "maximum safe boost" per se. Sure, there's an acceleration that will lead to immediate or imminent breakup, but things are far lower than that. What happens instead is that different boosts will set up structural vibrations that reduce the structural life of various components. That's the scenario that they analyze to, and there are far more variables than just the intensity of a particular burn.
$endgroup$
– Tristan
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
There's not really a "maximum safe boost" per se. Sure, there's an acceleration that will lead to immediate or imminent breakup, but things are far lower than that. What happens instead is that different boosts will set up structural vibrations that reduce the structural life of various components. That's the scenario that they analyze to, and there are far more variables than just the intensity of a particular burn.
$endgroup$
– Tristan
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
Wow, 12 minute burn for only 1.34 m/s? That's a very slow burn. I suppose the slower it is, the more precise you can make it...
$endgroup$
– corsiKa
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
Wow, 12 minute burn for only 1.34 m/s? That's a very slow burn. I suppose the slower it is, the more precise you can make it...
$endgroup$
– corsiKa
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
And the lower the stress on the ISS. Those two videos site just how gentle the boost burn is :-)
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
And the lower the stress on the ISS. Those two videos site just how gentle the boost burn is :-)
$endgroup$
– Rory Alsop
1 hour ago
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The Russians made a mistake once and commanded too large of a burn. There is video of objects in the station swaying, etc. There was concern that the station had been damaged. I'll try to find a reference.
$endgroup$
– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
1
$begingroup$
This informative answer by @Innovine discusses the incident: space.stackexchange.com/questions/20197/…
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– Organic Marble
9 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
Possible duplicate of When the ISS moves, do the astronauts feel it?
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– Russell Borogove
7 hours ago
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@RussellBorogove I've just asked How fast is this astronaut “falling”? Distance from start to end point freefalling during boost? before I saw your answer. My question is different, but you may have some thoughts on it.
$endgroup$
– uhoh
7 hours ago
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Eh, there's an answer there that gives some of the info I want, but I don't know the rules here well enough to judge whether that counts as the question being the same, or how I should edit the question to make it more different.
$endgroup$
– Nelson Cunnington
4 hours ago