[amsat-bb] Decaying Satellites

[Zach Metzinger]

On 2/19/19 4:32 PM, Francis Geraci wrote:
> I am wondering if, as a Sat. decays, getting closer to Earth, will there be
> "better" comms ?
> Guess they will be moving faster. Will the Keps  "decay"?  Interference
> from "reentry" heating ? Battery's gone first ? Solar panels "ripped" off.
> Or, Just GONE ! Orbital mechanics at it best.
> Wondering what the "mechanics" of re-entry are. Can't be "pretty". Poor
> little satellites. So many people, worked SO hard to get them there.
> Just curious.
G3RUH answers these questions in detail, from an article authored over 
20 years ago:

http://www.amsat.org/articles/g3ruh/122.html

--- Zach
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