snoop1130 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Photo: Royal Thai Navy PHUKET: Officers from the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command successfully recovered a metal sphere from the seabed off Phuket today (May 17) that has now been confirmed to be a discarded fuel tank for a rocket, satellite or other object heading for, or already in, orbit. Vice Admiral Cherngchai Chomcherngpat, Commander of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command, explained to the press today that local fisherman first spotted the object in the shallows off ‘Koh Ael’ earlier this month. “The Third Regional Operation Center of the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Center [ThaiMECC3] was informed by local fishermen on May 1 that they found a suspicious object which looked like a bomb near Koh Ael,” he said. Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/space-junk-fuel-tank-safely-recovered-off-phuket-80041.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-05-17 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 Wonder how many satellites have spherical metal fuel tanks ? And the Thais want to go into space !!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KannikaP Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 Looks like Sputnick 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ballpoint Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Excel said: Wonder how many satellites have spherical metal fuel tanks ? And the Thais want to go into space !!! Better tell that to this guy who travelled half way round the world to collect a fallen satellite fuel tank. And NASA wants to go into space!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Excel said: Wonder how many satellites have spherical metal fuel tanks ? And the Thais want to go into space !!! Many. Want to buy? Internet is full of fallen tanks. Put on your hard hat ???? And it's not for Gasohol but hydrazine. Very poisonous. https://www.space-propulsion.com/spacecraft-propulsion/hydrazine-tanks/index.html Edited May 17, 2021 by KhunBENQ 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamRead Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 It seems local fishermen are better then submarine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 32 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: Many. Want to buy? Internet is full of fallen tanks. Put on your hard hat ???? And it's not for Gasohol but hydrazine. Very poisonous. https://www.space-propulsion.com/spacecraft-propulsion/hydrazine-tanks/index.html Well I never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Albert Zweistein Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Excel said: Wonder how many satellites have spherical metal fuel tanks ? And the Thais want to go into space !!! Satellites don't have fuel tanks, its the rockets that bring them in orbit have them. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said: Satellites don't have fuel tanks, its the rockets that bring them in orbit have them. How do they reposition them without some kind of propellant (AKA fuel)? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 I wonder how much is the refundable deposit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Albert Zweistein Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, ukrules said: How do they reposition them without some kind of propellant (AKA fuel)? Solar cell power. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 14 hours ago, KannikaP said: Looks like Sputnick 1 Hope it wasn't a mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post siamike Posted May 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2021 5 hours ago, ukrules said: How do they reposition them without some kind of propellant (AKA fuel)? 9 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said: Satellites don't have fuel tanks, its the rockets that bring them in orbit have them. Some satellites do indeed have fuel tanks and multiple thrusters placed around the satellite. The thrusters can be used to turn the satellite and to gently nudge it into a different orbit. All satellites have a pre-planned limited life and are sent into orbit with enough stored fuel to last for that satellite's expected life. Those satellites that are placed into a fixed orbit and are never intended to move into a different orbit often times still need to turn to allow them to "look" in a different direction, which is often done using one or more gyroscopes mounted inside the satellite. Electric servos push against the gyro, which doesn't want to move, so the entire satellite moves around the gyro. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said: Solar cell power. Solar powered propeller ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gandtee Posted May 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) Mars has just sent their first spacecraft to Earth. Just wait for the lid to start unscrewing. They intend to take over the Thai Government and look for signs of intelligence. Their attempt is doomed to failure. Edited May 18, 2021 by Gandtee Additional words. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ballpoint Posted May 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2021 19 hours ago, KannikaP said: Looks like Sputnick 1 So that's what the Russian Covid vaccine looks like. I think I'll give it a miss. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 At least they can recycle it now into their Mars program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Gandtee said: Mars has just sent their first spacecraft to Earth. Just wait for the lid to start unscrewing. They intend to take over the Thai Government and look for signs of intelligence. Their attempt is doomed to failure. According to H G Wells wasn't that on the 12th of August? It's a bit early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Here I thought it was one of these.....hmmmm where is my mind today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 7 hours ago, ballpoint said: So that's what the Russian Covid vaccine looks like. I think I'll give it a miss. It's Sputnik V so it's much better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Crossy said: According to H G Wells wasn't that on the 12th of August? It's a bit early. He clearly wasn't as clever as he thought and forgot to account for the fact the last bit is downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 9 hours ago, Gandtee said: Mars has just sent their first spacecraft to Earth. Just wait for the lid to start unscrewing. They intend to take over the Thai Government and look for signs of intelligence. Their attempt is doomed to failure. Wouldn't it be ironic if aliens did attack Earth right now and were all wiped out by Covid? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 55 minutes ago, ballpoint said: Wouldn't it be ironic if aliens did attack Earth right now and were all wiped out by Covid? Been reading The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 5/18/2021 at 1:06 AM, KhunBENQ said: Many. Want to buy? Internet is full of fallen tanks. Put on your hard hat ???? And it's not for Gasohol but hydrazine. Very poisonous. https://www.space-propulsion.com/spacecraft-propulsion/hydrazine-tanks/index.html Maybe they can recycle this and use it on their moon mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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