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28 Oct
2012
28 Oct
'12
1:43 p.m.
I'm ploting altitude of five CubeSats which were deployed from ISS. The results is interesting. First deployment satellites are lower altitude than laters. I guess this is related to initial velocity at deployment.
First Deployment deployment order: #1 WE WISH, #2 RAIKO altitude: WE WISH < RAIKO
Second Deployment deployment order: #1 TechEdSat, #2 F1, #3 FITSAT-1 altitude: TechEdSat < F1 < FITSAT-1
I'm also ploating ARISSat-1 on the same chart as its time line align to the five CubeSats deployment date. The chart shows five CubeSats have large decay rate than ARISSat-1.
You can see the chart on the following URL.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/5CubeSats_Altitude.png
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