[amsat-bb] Re: RAFT status May 20

[David Goncalves]

Re-entry predictions range from May 30 to June 6. Based on SatEvo, the elset
I ran on Friday gives a re-entry date of June 3rd.

Last chance for those folks out there who are capable to turning on  and
listening to the RAFT transponder over the Southern U.S. Please, isn't
anybody out there able to do it? I started on the project just after
graduating college (my first job!), worked on it while unemployed, and built
the transponder during  a hot summer night on my coffee table. I would
really like to know how well it works. Certainly, Bob Bruninga and his
students @ USNA, and the radar transponder team would as well...

Please see Bob Bruninga's website for details.

Dave Goncalves
W1EUJ

On 5/19/07, Mineo Wakita <ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp> wrote:
>
>
> RAFT
> 145.825, 1k2 AFSK
> May 19, 23:39-23:46 UTC, 2007
> May 20, 08:39-08:46 JST, 2007
> Max ele, 34 deg
> Dheight, 250 km
>
> T#707,086,116,037,078,070,00000000,999
> Bus Voltage        8.6 V
> Solar Current      232 mA
> Battery Current    74 mA
> Load Current       156 mA
> TX Temp            4.01 C
> Statusbits         00000000
>
> When is it the re-entry into the earth's atmosphere ?
>
> de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
>
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David Goncalves