Hi!
According to the morning numbers from Space Track, ARISSat-1 is down to 191
km, and losing about 1.5 km per orbit, or about 1 km per hour. The drag
effects are increasing rapidly, so TODAY would be an excellent time to make
any last minute QSOs through the transponder. Thanks to those
1504 UTC pass on January 3 was quite loud - and long - here in western NC.
(Supposed to have been only 36 degree pass, but I suspect that isn't
correct :-) )
Philip N4HF
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Alan P. Biddle apbid...@united.net wrote:
According to the morning numbers from Space
Hi all,
Just worked 2E0SQL ( Peter ) over here in the UK at 1520 hrs ,still
strong but caught me on the 180 degree
turn of my rotator. He was 5 / 8-9 and also monitored the FM
transmissions on a separate radio with afixed antenna.
Ken Eaton
GW1FKY
anyone care to make predictions on re entry? or anyplace someone can see
current locations? it is incredibly clear and cold here, it would be
neat if we could actually watch her come in.
Joe WB9SBD
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 1/3/2012
: ARISSat-1 descending rapidly
anyone care to make predictions on re entry? or anyplace someone can see
current locations? it is incredibly clear and cold here, it would be
neat if we could actually watch her come in.
Joe WB9SBD
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle
17 minutes ahead of my 5 day old keps
The N2YO tracker seemed pretty close for AOS and LOS at my QTH:
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=37772
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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9...@amsat.org
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