[amsat-bb] Re: RAFT Deploy...

[Robert Bruninga]

Good telemetry heard by W7KKE in Oregon. Volts are fully charged
at 8 volts and RAFT has been runing for 27 minutes.

Bob
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Bruninga
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:15 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] RAFT Deploy...
> Importance: High
> 
> RAFT and NMARS were deployed at 01:56:49z on 21 December 2006.
> 
> They have a very high spin rate.  NMARS is spinning at at
least
> 60 RPM and RAFT at maybe half that.   This will make getting a
> complete 1 second packet difficult due to fading on linear
> antennas.
> 
> De WB4APR, Bob
> 
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