Re: [amsat-bb] (Fwd) QST STARSHINE PROJECT

[K5OE@xxxxxxx]

kd9kc@elp.rr.com writes:

> > done with ISS.  Does it really require a special satellite?  Does the 
>  > starshine satellite really have any reasonable purpose at 
>  > all?  I don't 
>  > think so.

The Houston Chronicle carried a story this morning with some data I had not 
seen before, describing one of the goals of the sat as observing the 
increasing drag on the sat as the solar cycle nears its peak next year.  The 
students will observe (actually, they will calculate and envision) the sat 
"slow down" and drop in orbit as the solar activity causes the atmosphere to 
enlarge during the peak years.  The article conjectured it would be 
interesting to have a fleet of these aluminum "disco balls" available over an 
entire 11 year cycle.

73, 
Jerry, K5OE
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