4 Nov
2019
4 Nov
'19
2:05 p.m.
Presuming that their primary mission pulsed plasma thruster performs perfectly, perhaps Paul can proclaim for us the predicted perigree perturbations?
What is the expected new orbit after thrusting? Higher apogee? Elliptical?
73, Douglas KA2UPW/5
On Nov 2, 2019, at 11:07 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Cygnus is scheduled to depart the ISS on January 13, 2020 and raise its orbit to around 500 km before deploying HuskySat-1 and SwampSat. After deployment, I believe the 1200 bps BPSK beacon on 435.800 MHz (decodable with FoxTelem) will be active. It will then complete its primary mission, expected to last 30 days, testing a pulsed plasma thruster