Nice article in QST Feb 2011 pretty well spells out what they are doing and how...

TK, K7TRK

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clint Bradford Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:22 PM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 - Dumb Question

When ARISSat-1 is deployed next week, confirming it will simply be "pushed" outside the ISS, correct?

How closely will it "emulate" the orbit of the ISS? What is its intended orbit - will it be passing the poles?

I apologize if this is covered all over the place already ...

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