Well spotted Paul.
It's certainly worth any CubeSat deployed from the ISS or into a low orbit to be as close to the maximum 1.3kg as possible.
Thanks
David
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Stoetzer [email protected] To: amsat-bb [email protected] Sent: Fri, 23 May 2014 12:50 Subject: [amsat-bb] LitSat-1 decayed
Looks like LitSat-1 decayed overnight.
39570 LITSAT 11998-067EP LTU 2014-05-23 11:22:00 2014-05-23 0:00:000.0885 decay_msg TLE Historical
Too bad we never got to try out the linear transponder over North America.
LituanicaSAT-1 is still up there and expected to decay around June 29th (per http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=39571#TOP).
Interesting that the orbits of two CubeSats deployed at the same time are decaying much differently. Since the two satellites are identical in size, the antenna configuration and mass must be more favorable on LituanicaSAT-1.
73,
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