SuitSat-1: A Spacesuit Floats Free

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:55 am

Isn't that terrible! Who thought up that dreadful idea???

Can't you just imagine all those poor aliens looking out their spaceship windows going "Uh oh . . . "

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:43 am

Ground Control to Major Tom ....

djm

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:44 am

Yeah, there was a UHF/VHF transmitter inside the suit. I tried to pick up the transmission from the suit according to the coordinates from the web, but got nothing. I later found that the batteries froze and failed. Too bad...

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:02 am

There's something spooky about that. Like the scene in 2001.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:58 am

... great, one more piece of garbage orbiting Earth. They'd better keep good track of it until it re-enters the atmosphere... that chunk of stuff could seriously damage satelites, or worse yet, shuttles and other space bound craft.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:11 pm

Joseph E. Smith wrote:... great, one more piece of garbage orbiting Earth. They'd better keep good track of it until it re-enters the atmosphere... that chunk of stuff could seriously damage satelites, or worse yet, shuttles and other space bound craft.

Or worse even still, people.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:08 pm

Cranberry wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:... great, one more piece of garbage orbiting Earth. They'd better keep good track of it until it re-enters the atmosphere... that chunk of stuff could seriously damage satelites, or worse yet, shuttles and other space bound craft.
Or worse even still, people.

It's in lower orbit than our communications satalites, not to worry.

It will burn up very quickly upon reentry, though. No safety issue here.
It'll burn faster than tissue in flame.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:13 pm

Tyler Morris wrote:
Cranberry wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:... great, one more piece of garbage orbiting Earth. They'd better keep good track of it until it re-enters the atmosphere... that chunk of stuff could seriously damage satelites, or worse yet, shuttles and other space bound craft.
Or worse even still, people.
It's in lower orbit than our communications satalites, not to worry.

It will burn up very quickly upon reentry, though. No safety issue here.
It'll burn faster than tissue in flame.

more info

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:10 pm

REUTERS(C) KANSAS FEB 21
Police here started receiving complaints this morning of soiled Russian underwear landing over an area of approxiamatlely three square miles. Local residents reported to police that the underwear seemed to be drifting down out of the sky. Police and FAA officials are baffled, as no Russian aircraft are reported to have been in the vicinity. Pictures at eleven.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:35 pm

REUTERS(C) KANSAS FEB 21
Police here started receiving complaints this morning of soiled Russian underwear landing over an area of approxiamatlely three square miles. Local residents reported to police that the underwear seemed to be drifting down out of the sky. Police and FAA officials are baffled, as no Russian aircraft are reported to have been in the vicinity. Pictures at eleven.

So Russian Astronauts wear BIG underwear then...?

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:03 pm

djm wrote:REUTERS(C) KANSAS FEB 21
Police here started receiving complaints this morning of soiled Russian underwear landing over an area of approxiamatlely three square miles. Local residents reported to police that the underwear seemed to be drifting down out of the sky. Police and FAA officials are baffled, as no Russian aircraft are reported to have been in the vicinity. Pictures at eleven.

... great, more soiled Russian underwear of unknown origin raining down on Kansas, frightening the locals and the livestock. I'll bet they aren't edible either.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:06 pm

Joseph E. Smith wrote:... great, more soiled Russian underwear of unknown origin raining down on Kansas, frightening the locals and the livestock.

Is that what happened to Fred Phelps?

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:20 pm

This is Major Tom to Ground Control.
I'm stepping through the door -----
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way.
And the stars seems very different today.

djm

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:48 am

I asked my brother about this and this morning he sent me the following:

RadioSkaf stands for Radio-Skafander (translated: Spacesuit Satellite). It was deployed by the Russians during their last EVA to make contact with ham radio participants from schools all over the world.

These photos were taken on board before going out on the spacewalk where they deployed the unmanned suit:

Expedition 12 Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev places the Radioskaf 11.2 Kit and the 825 M Boxes inside the open Orlan suit as he prepares the suit for Radioskaf (also known as Suitsat-1) microsatellite operations. Takarev is working in the Unity Node 1 module. Image taken on Expedition 12.

Expedition 12 Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev installs the Radioskaf bracket 11.3 for the control box and antenna to the Orlan suit helmet visor as he prepares the suit for Radioskaf (also known as Suitsat-1) microsatellite operations. Takarev is working in the Unity Node 1 module. Image taken on Expedition 12.

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