FYI!

Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 7:00 AM Subject: Falconsat-3, the end is near! TX to be turned ON 1910 UTC 19 Jan 2023 To: Amsat - BBs amsat-bb@amsat.org

Hi all,

Current predictions for Falconsat-3 reentry seem to converge around late (UTC) 21 Jan 2023 to early (UTC) 22 Jan 2023. Therefore, I plan to command TX ON about 1910 UTC today, 19 Jan 2023, with battery management OFF. In recent weeks, it has survived this for 24-30 hours--at which time I have turned it OFF. So, this will be right on the margins for battery vs. reentry, but we're going to "flame out" either way :) Good luck with listening over the next couple of days.. TLEs here are current daily https://www.amsat.org/tle/current/daily.all Or you may need to get them directly from Space-Track.. Reports here deeply appreciated! https://www.amsat.org/status/

73!

Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station