21 Dec
2006
21 Dec
'06
3:47 p.m.
At 12:16 AM 12/21/06 -0500, you wrote:
In addition to listening for RAFT on 145.825 and NMARS on 27.965 +/- 2 KHz or so, we also need people listening on 437.385 for FCAL. It may be lower in freq by as much as 10 KHz. So tune around.
FCAL deploy is at 1822z on Thursday the 21st. Use the elements for the Space Shuttle until we get fresh elements. Bob, Wb4APR
What is the expected lifetime of these objects before they re-enter the atmosphere? Since the shuttle is in a relatively low orbit. I didn't see if they could boost themselves to a higher orbit. Looking at http://www.ew.usna.edu/%7Ebruninga/ande-raft-ops.html it seems these sats will be a lot of fun.