[HARC] ISS - ARRISAT -1 pass tonight
Wa3pzo at aol.com
Wa3pzo at aol.com
Wed Aug 10 17:03:13 EDT 2011
Greetings.......take a look. If it is clear enough you will see the Space
Station leading the satellite. They may look together only 2 miles apart.
There is a midnite pass from west to nne that should be heard with an outside
antenna. Here is the 10:19pm info:
10:19pm 217 az horizon
10:21pm 206 deg 15deg elev
10:23pm 168 deg 37 deg up
10:24pm 117 deg 40 deg up (peak)
10:25pm 85 deg 27 deg up
10:27pm 66 deg 10 deg up
10:29pm 60 deg horizon
The place to start listening is 145.950mhz. (see Amsat dot Org for
details). Expect to hear a voice and/or CW ID RS01IS . After dark the sat is in
low power mode....on one minute ...off two minutes. It is only on normal
power or high power while in sunlight.
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