[amsat-bb] Re: Looks like ANDE is coming down!

[Robert Bruninga]

Ron, same here.  During my best AM pass, I only decoded one
packet!

Warming and cooling is expected.  The warming we have been
seeing is mostly due to ANDE's orbit precessing into a full sun
phase that also happened to coincide with the winter solstice.  

That peak for ANDE just passed yesterday, so it will be cooling.
(Eclipses are getting longer).  It will be interesting to see
how much of the warming was due to the sun angles and if any of
it yet is due to friction..

See the trends on the "side A telemetry" link on the ANDE web
page:

http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande-ops.html

Bob 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Hashiro [mailto:rhashiro at hawaiiantel.net] 
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:51 AM
> To: Robert Bruninga; 'Lauret& Henk'
> Subject: Looks like ANDE is coming down in about a day or so
(?)
> 
> ANDE's at 118 sm, according to the keps.  Mighty low.
> 
> The onboard temperature started to dip.  Unexpected.
> 
> I'll be off island starting Dec 27.  The remaining passes are 
> poor for 
> me.  Sorry Henk and Bob, I don't make it for the certificate.
I did 
> hear audio, but could not decode the S3 signal on a 24 degree 
> pass with 
> a 3 el Arrow.
> 
> Ron H
> 
>