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- W782183610 abstract "A mirrored, spherical satellite was ejected by NASA into a circular low Earth orbit from a Hitchhiker canister in the cargo bay of Space Shuttle OV-103 Discovery at 07:21 Universal Time on June 5, 1999, near the end of Discovery's STS-96 mission to the International Space Station. Starshine's initial orbital altitude was 218 Nautical Miles (387 km), and its orbital inclination was 51.6 deg. The satellite is expected to orbit Earth until sometime in January 2000, when it will reenter the atmosphere and vaporize. Some 25,030 students in 700 schools around the world participated in the construction of this satellite by polishing 878 small, front-surface aluminum mirrors that stud its outer surface. A small fraction of those students is presently tracking the satellite and measuring its angular position at specific times. The Naval Research Laboratory is combining the students' measurements with Naval Space Command radar tracking data to compute the satellite's orbit on a daily basis. From the rate of decay of the orbit, the students are able to calculate the density of the atmosphere at the satellite's present altitude. The students are also accessing the project's web site to observe ground-based and space-based images of the sun and other indices of solar activity. They are then using these data to make correlations between the intensity of solar storms and fluctuations in the density of the earth's upper atmosphere. The number of students participating in the tracking phase of the project is expected to increase dramatically at the start of the fall school term in the northern hemisphere. At the conclusion of the Starshine mission, the student team will attempt to predict when and where the satellite will re-enter the atmosphere, so they can compete for a cash prize for the best photograph of the satellite's fiery demise." @default.
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- W782183610 title "The Starshine Hitchhiker Mission on STS-96" @default.
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