[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 lifetime

[G0MRF@aol.com]

That be fighting talk........OK, shall we start the re-entry date  
competition now???
 
For 66 pounds in a relatively small box, I think that Arissat-1 will go on  
beyond 6 months by quite a bit.
 
My rapidly depreciating UK pound is on Launch + 324 days.
 
David (who never knew he had WAC via Sat number 5. - Thanks Luc - All done  
on AO-13's 1W S band TX)
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 04/02/2011 18:39:36 GMT Standard Time, ka1rrw at yahoo.com  
writes:

wow, 5  years of time and money invensted into Arissat-1 for a 6 month run.
Mean  while, all other ISS projects put on hold.
And it missed its lauch date of  "fall 2007".




--- On Wed, 2/2/11, Gould Smith  <gouldsmi at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: Gould Smith  <gouldsmi at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1  lifetime
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org, "Giulio P. AOL"  <giuliop70 at aim.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 10:00  PM
> Hello Giulio and BB,
> 
> NASA calculates 3 - 6 months  lifetime.  It has to do
> with the original 
> altitude of  the ISS, the force and the angle.
> 
> 73,
> Gould,  WA4SXM
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Giulio P. AOL"  <giuliop70 at aim.com>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent:  Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:49 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Arissat-1  lifetime
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi, i have a question:  what is the estimated lifetime
> of Arissat-1 before 
> >  re-entering in atmosfere from his first orbit?
> > Thanks &  73
> > Giulio AB2VY