[amsat-bb] AO-40 orbital elements

[Chad Phillips]

I’m not the expert but it is my understanding there was possible an explosion or something similar that crippled it. 

Chad



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> On Sep 22, 2017, at 1:54 PM, Ryan Butler <rbutler at tsss.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
>> <-----Original Message-----
>> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Zach
>> <Metzinger
>> <Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 17:19 PM
>> <To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> <Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 orbital elements
>> <
>> <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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