[amsat-bb] BY70-1 re-entry

[Greg D]

Thanks for the reminder to update the Amsat Status page.  I've added my
recent observations for both BY70-1 and Nayif-1.

Greg  KO6TH


Jari A wrote:
> BY70-1 was operable at 20:45 pass over the Finland. Worked IK8XLD, someone
> other was trying access but frequency was off of ideal and was not copied.
>
> It has faster qsb for increased spin or something, but signal was good
> otherwise. Celestrack TLE was good and accurate within seconds.
>
> Update via http://www.amsat.org/status/ so we have better understanding
> when it went to sleep. Now theres only 3 stations marked the status.
>
> Rgds
>
> :Jari / OH2FQV
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Last pass here was about on time per keps from both Celestrak and Nico.
>> Nice chat with Bob, KO6TZ, but we were the only ones on the bird.  Next
>> pass non-existent from CM98, per gPredict  :(
>>
>> So sorry to say good bye, BY70-1.  You were a great bird, with so much
>> potential never realized.  Congratulations to China Center for Aerospace
>> Science and Technology, and my thanks to them for the opportunity to
>> participate.
>>
>> Greg  KO6TH
>>
>>
>> Scott wrote:
>>> Sorry Greg & everyone; I was not knowledgeable enough to put a number on
>> it – after the last pass I trust that everyone has been able to make their
>> own adjustments.
>>> For me it was in the area of a few minutes, but it was moving so fast
>> compared to other sats that I couldn’t get much of a feel for how far off
>> from the track I was expecting.  Just not enough experience on this end.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------------
>>>
>>> From: Greg D
>>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 1:01 PM
>>> To: Scott ; amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 re-entry
>>>
>>> Also, the predicted AOS from the latest Celestrak keps agrees within 6
>> seconds to using Nico's 19:00z set.  I'm thinking it's going to be about on
>> time, no?
>>> Greg  KO6TH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Greg D wrote:
>>>
>>>   How "way" ahead?  Minutes?  Tens?  My next pass is reported to be at
>> 19:36z (11:36am local PST).  (It's the only pass gPredict reports for the
>> future.)
>>>   Greg  KO6TH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>     For anyone planning to try the next two USA passes, please note that
>> it was WAY ahead of the current TLE's.
>>>     I had to go to manual rotor control; fortunately on the SDR display
>> I could just slide the RX frequency over and the tracking was in the
>> ballpark from there.
>>>     -Scott,  K4KDR
>>>
>>>
>>>     =========================================
>>>
>>>
>>>     -----Original Message----- From: Joe
>>>     Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 12:06 PM
>>>     To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>>     Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1 re-entry
>>>
>>>     But that image that was posted recently looked like the perigee
>> really
>>>     hasn't changed a LOT the orbit has become much more circular.
>>>
>>>     Joe WB9SBD
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>>>     On 2/17/2017 10:55 AM, Tom Schuessler wrote:
>>>
>>>       I would have to think that when the satellite does re-enter the
>> atmosphere it will be in the southern hemisphere because it's Parigi is
>> down there.
>>>       Tom Schuessler. N5HYP
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