Scott Manley: "The payload has Hall effect thrusters for orbit maintenance, so the question is "

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The payload has Hall effect thrusters for orbit maintenance, so the question is just how *off* nominal this is.

NG-3 Update: We have confirmed payload separation. AST SpaceMobile has confirmed the satellite has powered on. The payload was placed into an off-nominal orbit. We are currently assessing and will update when we have more detailed information.

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Kirk Wrzesien 🇺🇸🚀💾@kwrzesien·12h

@DJSnM Hall effect are very low thrust, what if they can’t circulize?

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MrDeathAndTaxes 🇺🇦🇺🇸@StatisticalMind·11h

@kwrzesien @DJSnM Then they lose the payload. Same thing with if they could in theory but it requires more deltaV than they have available due to limits on propellant. Need to wait and see.

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