HMMMnot for sure of who flies these days with the shuttle docked...but the shuttle orbiter is a crummy reboost tool for ISS...the engines point the wrong way while docked...Robert WB5MZO
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 03:25:36 -0800 > From: ka1...@yahoo.com > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; ve3...@cogeco.ca > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation > > > It is possible there was an orbit change thrust performed after the shuttle > docked. > When the Shuttle docks with ISS, the ISS autopilot is turned OFF. > The Shuttles autopilot takes over for the duration of the flight. > > > > --- On Sun, 3/6/11, Marc Tessier - VE3TES <ve3...@cogeco.ca> wrote: > > > From: Marc Tessier - VE3TES <ve3...@cogeco.ca> > > Subject: [amsat-bb] SATPC32 ISS Showing weird operation > > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > > Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 12:21 PM > > Hello group, after finally getting my > > SSB part of the station fully operational, I then moved on > > to getting my packet operations up and running , and with > > great success, one wee problem, I have noticed this > > when tracking the ISS, I am able to still digipeat off the > > station even long after it is supposed to be beyond the > > horizon according to my Satpc32 ISS software. My keps are up > > to date via the Satpc32 software, is there a error due to > > the large amount of mass now docked on the ISS? or have the > > keps not be uploaded in a timely fashion to the server I get > > my keps from?... > > > > Run down of my operation conditions here are as follows... > > > > Radio - Kenwood TS2000 > > Software SATPC32 + Satpc32 ISS > > PC - Dell P4 2.4Ghz CPU with internet connection > > > > Is there another method of getting my keps to show more > > accurate tracking of this big bird?... > > > > Regards, > > > > Marc Tessier - VE3TES > > ve3...@cogeco.ca > > Grid FN25pa > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version > > of virus signature database 5930 (20110306) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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-BB@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
