[amsat-bb] AO-40 orbital elements

[Ryan Butler]

I was thinking of this a while back, has a command station attempted to
contact it recently?

Unlike AO-7 my understanding is that it will not just 'wake up' and start
beaconing as the transmitter (either V or U) that was that failsafe
transmitter is non-functional.

So without intervention to turn on a S band TX if a cell was to open up,
it'd just sit their quietly.  Is that a correct understanding?

Ryan, NF0T


On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 5:35 PM, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:

> It gives the Epoch for the Keps as:
>
> Epoch (UTC):    21 September 2017 01:11:23
>
> So that would be a yes.
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
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> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Zach
> <Metzinger
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> <Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 orbital elements
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> <On 04/01/17 12:11, Bob- W7LRD wrote:
> <> and I started digging out my S band converters
> <
> <Does anyone know if the TLE used by heavens-above is current for AO-40?
> <
> <http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=26609
> <
> <I understand that it is still dead in its orbit, but it might be a
> <useful task to have an otherwise-idle SatNOGS rotator, antenna, and SDR
> <watch it for signs of life.
> <
> <Thanks!
> <
> <--- Zach
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