That be fighting talk........OK, shall we start the re-entry date competition now??? For 66 pounds in a relatively small box, I think that Arissat-1 will go on beyond 6 months by quite a bit. My rapidly depreciating UK pound is on Launch + 324 days. David (who never knew he had WAC via Sat number 5. - Thanks Luc - All done on AO-13's 1W S band TX) In a message dated 04/02/2011 18:39:36 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
wow, 5 years of time and money invensted into Arissat-1 for a 6 month run. Mean while, all other ISS projects put on hold. And it missed its lauch date of "fall 2007". --- On Wed, 2/2/11, Gould Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gould Smith <[email protected]> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 lifetime > To: [email protected], "Giulio P. AOL" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 10:00 PM > Hello Giulio and BB, > > NASA calculates 3 - 6 months lifetime. It has to do > with the original > altitude of the ISS, the force and the angle. > > 73, > Gould, WA4SXM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Giulio P. AOL" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:49 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Arissat-1 lifetime > > > > > > Hi, i have a question: what is the estimated lifetime > of Arissat-1 before > > re-entering in atmosfere from his first orbit? > > Thanks & 73 > > Giulio AB2VY _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
