We have almost reached ALON=45 deg. and we are beginning to raise ALAT to
just above 20 degs. This will take approximately a week to 10 days. When
we are confident that ALAT exceeds 20 degs, we will shut off the passbands
(beacon on only) and begin drifting toward ALON ~315 degs. The drift
process (passbands off) will take approximately 4 weeks. We can be a
little more specific after we know the final spin rate.
M QST AMSAT OSCAR-40 2003 Nov 18
ALON ~ 40, ALAT rising to 20 degs. When ALAT >= 20 degs
[~7 days], passbands will be shut off for ~ 4 weeks.
The AO-40 team would like your telemetry files!
Please "zip" compress your daily telemetry files and e-mail to:
ao40-archive@xxxxxxxxx
--W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team
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Stacey E. Mills, W4SM WWW: http://www.keplerian.com
Charlottesville, VA PGP key: http://www.keplerian.com/key
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