Sprite lifetime: days or weeks?

[Michael Turner]

Once the Sprites are released from KickSat 2, how long before expected reentry?

From a news story?

"KickSat 2 will eject its sprites at a lower altitude to ensure the
circuit boards re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a matter of weeks,
avoiding the possibility of the sprites, which could be difficult to
track with ground-based radars, becoming a long-term space debris
threat to other satellites."

https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/02/08/cygnus-ng10-departure/

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[Zac Manchester]

Days… definitely days. The orbit is extremely low. The CubeSat is only forecasted to stay up for 10 days. The Sprites will reenter even faster.

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[Michael Turner]

And release of the Sprites is happening within a day or two? Just
wondering since my ground station is not together ...

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