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[amsat-bb:67299] AO-40 Update, 2003-04-13
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- Subject: [amsat-bb:67299] AO-40 Update, 2003-04-13
- From: "Stacey E. Mills" <w4sm@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 22:10:42 -0400
Pictures taken today confirm that we have now reached ALON / ALAT = 51 /
20. Magnetorquing has been turned off and we have begun drifting "down" in
ALON under the influence of the so-called mystery effect ( due to momentum
wheel magnets interacting with earth's magnetic field ). Drift rate will
be approximately -18.2 degs / week at the current spin rate. This will
place us on the "other side of the sun" in approximately 4 weeks, when we
can decrease ALAT and begin chasing the sun back to 0/0.
The solar angles will begin increasing rapidly as we move backward and the
passbands will be turned off within a few days until conditions
improve. The beacon will remain on continuously.
--- W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team
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Stacey E. Mills, W4SM WWW: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/ham1.html
Charlottesville, VA PGP key: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/key
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