[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2012-01-04 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, Unfortunately my previous message did not make it through the BB because it was down. As expected, ARISSat 1 has now decayed. According to the first "Final Report" of USSTRATCOM their last decay prediction was at 07:00 UTC +/- 3 hours on January 4, 2012, during an ascending pass in orbit 241

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2012-01-04 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, My updated (and probably last) prediction for the decay of ARISSat 1: January 4, 09:00 UTC ± 5 hours. Recent predictions from other sources: - USSTRATCOM TIP message: January 4, 05:34 UTC ± 11 hours - Aerospace: January 4, 07:35 UTC ± 4 hours (http://reentrynews.aero.org/1998067ck.html). Fo

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2012-01-02 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, My updated prediction for the decay of ARISSat 1: January 4, 18:00 UTC ± 12 hours. Recent predictions from other sources: - USSTRATCOM TIP message: January 4, 12:06 UTC ± 24 hours - Aerospace: January 4, 07:34 UTC ± 28 hours (http://reentrynews.aero.org/1998067ck.html). 73, Nico PA0DLO On

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2012-01-01 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, My updated prediction for the decay of ARISSat 1: January 4, 10:00 UTC +/- 18 hours. Recent predictions from other sources: - USSTRATCOM TIP message: January 4, 07:46 UTC +/- 48 hours - Aerospace: January 4, 07:34 UTC +/- 28 hours (http://reentrynews.aero.org/1998067ck.html). 73, Nico PA0DL

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-12-31 Thread Ken Ernandes
Try driving at 17,500 mph... -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tom Williams Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 12:43 PM To: Nico Janssen Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay Do we really

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-12-31 Thread Tom Williams
Do we really expect the temp to get substantially higher before it begins to tumble? Just sort of thinking about putting my hand out the window of my car, there's a lot of aero force before it gets hot... Tom KJ4EAW On Dec 31, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Nico Janssen wrote: > Hi, > > My prediction

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-12-31 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, My prediction for the decay of ARISSat 1 still stays on the same date: January 4 +/- 1 day. As the aerodynamic drag increases, the telemetry of the satellite should show ever higher temperatures in the coming days. Especially interesting is the data from the Kursk experiment, that measures t

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-12-22 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, My current prediction for the decay of ARISSat 1 is January 4, 2012, +/- 3 days. If solar and geomagnetic activity really increase before the end of December, as some predictions suggest, the decay may be a few days earlier. 73, Nico PA0DLO On 2011-12-11 15:24, Nico Janssen wrote: Hi, So

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-12-11 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, Solar activity has remained at relatively low levels. There have not been any M or X class solar flares nor magnetic storms in the past several weeks. As a result, the expected decay date of ARISSat 1 has shifted into January. It is now to be expected around January 3, but depending on solar

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-30 Thread Nico Janssen
n any comments you may have, or anyone else on the list who is knowledeable on this subject. 73 John G7HIA From: Nico Janssen To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011, 20:36 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay Hi, With its relatively hi

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-28 Thread John Heath
m: Nico Janssen To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011, 20:36 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay Hi, With its relatively high area to mass ratio, ARISSat 1 is quite sensitive to space weather changes. In the past two weeks solar flux values have been relatively

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-28 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, With its relatively high area to mass ratio, ARISSat 1 is quite sensitive to space weather changes. In the past two weeks solar flux values have been relatively low, around 140, while they were around 180 in the weeks before. Also there have not been any magnetic storms. As a result of this

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-18 Thread Nico Janssen
Hi, So far all my analyses of the evolution of the orbit of ARISSat 1 have resulted in a predicted decay date sometime in December 2011. Actually my current predicted decay date for this satellite is December 17. Obviously it depends very much on how solar activity develops in the coming weeks.

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-16 Thread Fabio Azzarello
Hello Everybody, I totally agree with you James... the process is a continuous evolution. I did my prediction on October 6th for the "Chicken Little Competition" and my date was January 23rd 2012. It surprisingly agrees with your prediction done almost one month later, this make me think that my

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-16 Thread John Heath
Hi Jim, Thanks for the update on your AMSAT Journal article. There are several people on the bb who are following  this topic and are busy plotting data. Any futher thoughts you have, as we move towards January would, I am sure be of interest. 73 John G7HIA

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-16 Thread Mineo Wakita
Hello Jim, N8OQ. Thanks for your very valuable reply. Because it has the effect of the atmosphere density, I think that the re-entry into the earth's atmosphere of ARISSat-1 becomes really earlier than April 9, 2011. I added your this reply under the following my URL, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ham