Mark,
Space-Track has a prediction for today, but not more specific. They seldom issue a final report of CubeSats though they will stop issuing new Keps. So, we need to use inference. Given the weak beacon, that is even trickier.
Using the latest Keps, it should reenter around now, but with a wide range of time. One strong indicator is from the Status Page. EA6TA has regularly been reporting it was heard for the past few days. Today around 1430 UTC, he reported it was not heard. So it is likely down, or at the very least rendered inoperative by heat. Watch that page, just in case.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
From: Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 16:47 To: Kc2syf kc2syf@gmail.com Cc: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: AO-109
Well, given that the last active report on that list is five days ago, I'd say that people aren't using it.
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM Kc2syf <kc2syf@gmail.com mailto:kc2syf@gmail.com > wrote: Looks like people are still using it
http://www.csntechnologies.net/satStatus?cat=47311 CSN Satellite Status http://www.csntechnologies.net/satStatus?cat=47311 csntechnologies.net http://www.csntechnologies.net/satStatus?cat=47311
Mike Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 21, 2024, at 4:36 PM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org > wrote: My SatPC32 indicates that AO-109 has decayed. Can anyone confirm that it's no longer in orbit?
-- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
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