[amsat-bb] AO-92 camera results

[Jerry Buxton]

On 1/17/2018 09:37, Julian Horn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> And will it be active over the UK at any point?
> Very exciting to see and congrats on the pics - they look excellent!
> Would love to demo reception of these at events :)
> A huge well done to everyone concerned.
>  Julian M0NUX

Hi Julian,

Thank you for the accolades!

Sadly, the orbit for AO-92 does not offer the chance for images over the
U.K.
We are bound by the NOAA imaging license to control the imager only from
U.S. AMSAT Command Stations, so descending passes here have already come
from your side and ascending passes are headed for China and Japan. 
While the 40 minute timer does allow us to activate Data Mode (the
camera experiment) on an ascending pass at night here and capture images
over China and Japan in the daylight, that won't work for any passes
to/over Europe.

Jerry Buxton, NØJY