[amsat-bb] Re: Status SumbandilaSat ?

[Trevor .]

Pieters email on AMSAT-BB indicates SumbandilaSat would be dropped off at 500 km, see 

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200901/msg04633.html 

73 Trevor M5AKA

--- On Sun, 20/9/09, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel at ngunn.net> wrote:

> From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel at ngunn.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Status SumbandilaSat ?
> To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
> Cc: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Date: Sunday, 20 September, 2009, 9:58 PM
> I suspected that itwas a similar size
> to the Russian bird and that all would have been ejected in
> one hit.
> Perhaps I guessed incorrectly.
> 
> 
> Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> > Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> >> It's one of these. I suspect it is NOT object C.
> >>
> >>
> >>   
> > The primary payload is a camera, and the mission has
> always required a 
> > low orbit. C is the only item other than the upper
> stage that is not in 
> > an 800km orbit. C is in a ~500km orbit. All indicators
> point to C as 
> > Sumbandilasat. Why do you suspect it is not?
> > 
> > 73, Drew KO4MA
> > 
> > 
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