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[PvK]

Ahem. kT = kilotons. 210,161 pounds is about 100 tons, or 0.1 kT.

PvK

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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
PvK, about weights:

Space Shuttle, landing weight 210,161 lbs. kT: 105

And the Shuttle isn't even interplanetary..

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/...sion-61-c.html

EDIT: still, some weights are off (component weights). I think of the satelites as more midget automated space stations than what we think of as satelites.

Phoenix-D

[ 14 April 2002: Message edited by: Phoenix-D ]

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