[AReU] Latest update on AO40

Mon, 7 Apr 2003 18:42:15 -0400

Here is the latest update on AO40 from Stacy Mills.

From: Stacey E. Mills <[email protected]>
To: Amsat Bulletin Board <[email protected]>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 Update, 2003-04-07
Date: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:47 PM

ALON/ALAT  is now 45/3 degs.  We are beginning to raise ALAT to 20
degs.  This will take about a week.  Once we are at ALON/ALAT = 45/20 and
have verified this position, we will turn off the passband and
magnetorquer, and begin drifting past the sun, toward ALON/ALAT ~
315/20.  Depending on final spin rate, the drift should take approximately
a month.  Once we reach this ALON, we will lower ALAT to 0 and passband
will be restored, moved to the early portion of the orbit.  We will then
begin chasing the sun back to ALON/ALAT = 0/0.

--- 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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Looks like tonight from 8:00 pm until about 9:30 pm will be
a good time to tune in. Stats. follow below.

                               51. AO-40
EDT Date  Time Azim/Elev  Range    Lat  Long Doppler Phs/M  Offp
07Apr2003 1838  233/  45  42663     1N  113W   -2994 206    24.0
07Apr2003 1849  235/  44  41486     1N  114W  +14281 208    23.0
07Apr2003 1900  236/  42  40251     1N  116W  +14988 211    22.0
07Apr2003 1911  238/  41  38954     2N  117W  +15740 213    20.9
07Apr2003 1922  239/  40  37591     2N  118W  +16546 216    19.7
07Apr2003 1933  241/  39  36156     2N  120W  +17410 218    18.5
07Apr2003 1944  242/  38  34645     2N  121W  +18342 221    17.1
07Apr2003 1955  243/  37  33050     3N  122W  +19351 223    15.6
07Apr2003 2006  244/  36  31365     3N  122W  +20449 226    14.0
07Apr2003 2017  245/  35  29581     3N  123W  +21653 228    12.2
07Apr2003 2028  245/  35  27688     3N  123W  +22982 230    10.3
07Apr2003 2039  245/  34  25672     4N  123W  +24459 233     8.1
07Apr2003 2050  245/  34  23520     4N  122W  +26116 235     5.7
07Apr2003 2101  245/  35  21214     5N  121W  +27993 238     3.5
07Apr2003 2112  244/  35  18730     5N  119W  +30137 240     4.0
07Apr2003 2123  242/  37  16045     6N  116W  +32597 243     8.1
07Apr2003 2134  238/  39  13129     7N  111W  +35387 245    14.7
07Apr2003 2145  229/  43   9974     7N  104W  +38288 248    25.1
07Apr2003 2156  205/  48   6704     8N   91W  +39683 250    44.7
07Apr2003 2207  147/  33   4385     8N   70W  +28144 253    92.6
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73

Tony