>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SumbandilaSat Design lifetime of 3 years at an orbit altitude of 500km :( Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor ." <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk> > SumbandilaSat launch scheduled for Sept 15 > http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2009/sumbandilasat_launch_date.htm