GRIFEX re-entry

About rotation, you can clearly see here:

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TLE Update:

GRIFEX
1 40379U          24052.50000000  .00000000  00000-0  11981-2 0    06
2 40379  99.0609  63.7517 0011022 129.9612 267.1778 16.32952205    06

sites.txt (5.8 KB)
grifex_52_v2.dat (2.1 KB)

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New TLE from space-track.org:

0 GRIFEX
1 40379U 15003D   24052.67743897  .06661071  36218-5  93634-3 0  9996
2 40379  99.0568  63.6913 0007489 144.1366 216.0430 16.34944823502280
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I’ve just checked the TLE from space-track with the latest observations and in some cases it looks to be off, for example here is the ikhnos result for observation 9076025:

EDIT:

The space-track TLE was perfect around its epoch, for example here is the ikhnos result for observation 9075526:

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New TLE from the latest observations:

GRIFEX
1 40379U          24052.90000000  .00000000  00000-0  11988-2 0    07
2 40379  99.0609  64.3441 0010846 129.6456 101.5539 16.39083837    04

grifex_52_v5.dat (1.1 KB)
sites.txt (6.0 KB)

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One more TLE set:

GRIFEX
1 40379U          24053.00000000  .00000000  00000-0  11991-2 0    03
2 40379  99.0609  64.2970 0000000 107.0005 354.3518 16.42936260    07

grifex_53_v1.dat (1.3 KB)
sites.txt (6.1 KB)

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Judging from the panel temperatures… the end is near…

One probably last TLE:

GRIFEX
1 40379U          24053.25000000  .00000000  00000-0  12854-2 0    09
2 40379  99.0609  64.6127 0012490 104.7120  36.9216 16.43361175    09

grifex_53_v2.dat (1.5 KB)
sites.txt (6.2 KB)

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+Y takes all the heat

image

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AOS 05:53 UTC
Nothing Heard over Minsk :cry:

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That was it!

@jwc congrats to you and the whole team for this very successful mission!

Last beacon received in SatNOGS Network was at 2024-02-22 04:33:57 by 3052 - GUMUSH Ground Station of @gumush on SatNOGS Network - Observation 9077572

Last decoded frame received in SatNOGS Network was at 2024-02-22 04:32:05 by 1616 - TA2NMU (QFH-South) of @ta2nmu on SatNOGS Network - Observation 9076006 and by 3062 - ps_ground_station3 of @ps_observer on SatNOGS Network - Observation 9077573.

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Confirming.
No signal at around 06:00 utc.

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That’s interesting that the +Y took the heat. It must have stabilized at some point? The opposite panel, -Y, looks nice and cool!

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