Interesting chart, it suggests rate of decay is size/mass dependent. RAIKO which is a 2U CubeSat and was deployed 2nd is now higher than all the others.
73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Sun, 28/10/12, Masahiro Arai <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Masahiro Arai <[email protected]> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Five CubeSats altitude > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 28 October, 2012, 13:43 > > I'm ploting altitude of five CubeSats which were deployed > from ISS. > The results is interesting. First deployment satellites are > lower > altitude than laters. I guess this is related to initial > velocity at > deployment. > > First Deployment > deployment order: #1 WE WISH, #2 RAIKO > altitude: WE WISH < RAIKO > > Second Deployment > deployment order: #1 TechEdSat, #2 F1, #3 > FITSAT-1 > altitude: TechEdSat < F1 < FITSAT-1 > > I'm also ploating ARISSat-1 on the same chart as its time > line align > to the five CubeSats deployment date. The chart shows five > CubeSats > have large decay rate than ARISSat-1. > > > You can see the chart on the following URL. > > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/5CubeSats_Altitude.png > > > > 73 > > Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japna > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
