[amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

I was surprised to see how much the Vega cubes orbit had decayed already! 

73, Drew KO4MA

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> On Jul 5, 2014, at 10:37 AM, g0mrf at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
> Don't see why not. ESA education launched a set of cubesats on the first Vega flight with a 1500 x 350km orbit.
> 
> However, as we would probably be the only people interested in that orbit, there may be an issue with using all 3U of a typical deployer.
> 
> Another possibility is to encourage secondary passengers, with approved deployers, to one of the MEO orbits  8000 / 20,000km - Now that would be fun.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David  G0MRF
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
> To: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net>
> CC: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 13:43
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
> 
> 
> You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is 
> being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation 
> requirements remains.
> 
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Good morning,
>> 
>> I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an
> apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree 
> inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it 
> released.
>> 
>> Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the
> Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This 
> would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for intercontinental 
> communications every few months.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Paul, N8HM
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