[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-22 Thread Doug Papay
All, As already indicated by Matt N8MS, signals from COMPASS-1 were present during the 22-JAN-2010 1431z pass over Eastern USA. I decoded the following packets from audio recorded during the pass earlier this morning: 22-JAN-2010 14:34:15 UTC 00COMPASS7000901601300100D4 22-JAN-2010 14:38

[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-22 Thread Elan Portnoy
Good thing, I have a fondness for that bird. --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Mike Rupprecht wrote: > From: Mike Rupprecht > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 9:00 AM > All, > > COMPASS-1 lives! That was a cl

[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-22 Thread Felix König
Nice that they didn't collide :-) But it would have been more spectacular with a collision ;-) Thanks for the reports to all listeners. 73's from the ground station in Aachen Felix DO3FKA ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of t

[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-22 Thread Matt Severin
Hi Mike, 14:32 utc on Jan 22, 2010 we copied the beacon from Sister Lakes Elementary school in Southwest Michigan (EN62). We had a maximum elevation of 10.5°. My third grade students were excited to listen today to see if Compass-1 survived. The boys and girls let out a cheer when we h

[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-22 Thread Mike Rupprecht
All, COMPASS-1 lives! That was a close shave Many thanks for all the reports I received! It's so good to have friends. 73, Mike DK3WN [amsat-bb] COMPASS-1 Close Approach All, United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has identified predicted close approach between COMPASS-1

[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-21 Thread Bob DeVarney W1ICW
Copied one beacon for practice, a real skimmer at only 4 degrees max elevation: ff12070001300100d3 Mike Rupprecht wrote: > All, > > United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has identified predicted > close approach between COMPASS-1 (#32787) and SICH-1 (#23657). > > Jan 22

[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-21 Thread Bob DeVarney W1ICW
I will try to do the same. I have a borrowed computer here for the time being, so don't have all my usual software complement installed, but will cobble something together. Doug Papay wrote: > Mike (& All), > > Since I will be at work before the 1427z pass time tomorrow, I will > setup my sta

[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 Close Approach

2010-01-21 Thread Doug Papay
Mike (& All), Since I will be at work before the 1427z pass time tomorrow, I will setup my station to track and record this pass from Michigan and report my findings as soon as I am able to review. Thanks for the heads up. 73, Doug KD8CAO On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Mike Rupprecht wrote: