[amsat-bb] Re: Cute 1.7 Re-Entry

[Jeff Yanko]

Reminds me of the Chicken Little Contests when Vern Riportella was around. 
It was quite fun.


73,

Jeff  WB3JFS



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Heath" <g7hia at btinternet.com>
To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel at ngunn.net>
Cc: "Amsat" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Cute 1.7 Re-Entry


Hi Nigel,

Thanks for alerting me, and the list, to the upcommong re-entry.

I have been tracking the orbital changes of the Castor Pollux pair with an 
interest.
Their mass differences are showing up quite clearly in the Mean Motion.

Cute 1.7 is different again being such a small mass, and adds another level 
of interest.

Glad to have your prediction to add to the table.

73 John G7HIA






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From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel at ngunn.net>
To: John Heath <g7hia at btinternet.com>
Cc: Amsat <amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Monday, 28 September, 2009 6:36:55 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Cute 1.7 Re-Entry

I posted the following on this a week or so ago:

Spacetrack is predicting that CUTE 1.7 will decay on 10th October.
My predix software predicts that the first time the satellite hits terra 
firma will be 19th December.

What do others think?

John Heath wrote:
> Hi
>
> Based on day 271 keps from Celestrak the Perigee height for Cute 1.7 
> Object 28941 has now dropped below 300km.
>
> Re-entry probably early October. Anyone care to predict the date and time?
>
> If you would, how about sending it to me off list. g7hia at btinternet.com I 
> will complile a table and provide a small prize for the person who is 
> nearest.
>
> Closing date midnight utc last day of September.
>
>
> 73 John G7HIA
>
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