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To: Fai Mao
The microwave generator has no recoil.

Not so. On high-power communication satellites with large asymmetric transmit antennas, pumping out kilowatts of microwaves requires continuous attitude compensation to counteract the recoil. Recoil of course happens on all comm satellites but at low power and with reasonable symmetry it becomes a lower order factor.

24 posted on 11/02/2018 3:02:16 PM PDT by SFConservative
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To: SFConservative

So, would a counter spring, or flywheel of some sort mitigate the recoil?


25 posted on 11/02/2018 3:11:51 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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