Pieters email on AMSAT-BB indicates SumbandilaSat would be dropped off at 500 km, see
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200901/msg04633.html
73 Trevor M5AKA
--- On Sun, 20/9/09, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Status SumbandilaSat ? To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" glasbrenner@mindspring.com Cc: "amsat-bb" amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sunday, 20 September, 2009, 9:58 PM I suspected that itwas a similar size to the Russian bird and that all would have been ejected in one hit. Perhaps I guessed incorrectly.
Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
It's one of these. I suspect it is NOT object C.
The primary payload is a camera, and the mission has
always required a
low orbit. C is the only item other than the upper
stage that is not in
an 800km orbit. C is in a ~500km orbit. All indicators
point to C as
Sumbandilasat. Why do you suspect it is not?
73, Drew KO4MA
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