Yes, check this image out: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/telemetry/ao51/2011WOD/Jan2011/Wd010300_during_solar_eclipse2.pdf
You can see the normal eclipses of AO-51 every 100 mins (just over 14 times each day). Now, look right in the middle--see what is a double dip?? That a normal eclipse AND an extra one from the partial solar eclipse! Neat to see in telemetry...actually, look closer and you'll see there were around 2 or 3 double dips...peak eclipse was just before 0900utc that day, and that's where the biggest drop was observed. Anyhow, FYI :) 73! Mark N8MH At 04:22 PM 1/5/2011 -0500, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: >It's hard to say for sure, but generally any significant drop in power from >the panels can cause the timer to reset. This could be from a too strong >uplink, a partial or full regular orbital eclipse, or even from passing >through the shadow of a solar eclipse. We just recently recorded the effect of >AO-51 passing through the recent partial solar eclipse over EU. I'll have to >look to see if the shift occurred coincident to that on AO-7 or not. > >73, Drew KO4Ma >Sent from my iPhone > >On Jan 5, 2011, at 3:55 PM, "graham mcphee" <gemcp...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> The AO7 switching time seems to have changed, can any one in the control >> team shed any light on the subject please >> Graham >> VK2AYE >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
