I was surprised to see how much the Vega cubes orbit had decayed already! 73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2014, at 10:37 AM, g0...@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 <glasbren...@mindspring.com> > To: Paul Stoetzer <n...@arrl.net> > CC: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@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 <n...@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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
