Ferrll,
There are at least a few more days from an orbital standpoint, and so far
the electronics are holding up. BOTE calculation gives a descent rate
approaching 5 km/day, and rapidly increasing.
Just remember that as a practical matter it will be impossible to have Keps
with the accuracy
Farrell,
An often used rule-of-thumb in astrodynamics for decay height is about 140
kilometers
which is about 87 miles. A satellite that gets that far into the atmosophere
will burn up during
it's final orbit in short order! I would recommend you just keep trying until
you are sure
the
, December 27, 2011 9:21 AM
To: 'Farrell Winder'; 'AMSAT'
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 RADIOSKAF-V KEDR
Ferrll,
There are at least a few more days from an orbital standpoint, and so far
the electronics are holding up. BOTE calculation gives a descent rate
approaching 5 km/day, and rapidly
-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, 27 December 2011, 14:05
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 RADIOSKAF-V KEDR
Farrell,
An often used rule-of-thumb in astrodynamics for decay height is about 140
kilometers
which is about 87 miles. A satellite that gets that far into the atmosophere
will burn
