[amsat-bb] LO 94 and the solar eclipse

[Nico Janssen]

Lunar-OSCAR 94 successfully imaged the solar eclipse from lunar
orbit on July 2. The images were downloaded by BY2HIT and PI9CAM.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-ifQaaXsAAGBwd.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iDwjdUcAA8ehc.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iNUXCX4AEzjmQ.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-iGqg9W4AAT3ue.jpg

Also, the first complete two-way QSO via LO 94 took place on
July 1 between DK5LA and BY2HIT using WSJTX-JT4G.

73,
Nico PA0DLO

On 29-06-19 15:18, Nico Janssen via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
> On July 2 there will be a total solar eclipse that can be observed
> by the amateur satellite Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and
> DSLWP-B) from its elliptical orbit around the Moon. Attempts will
> be made to image the eclipse, where both the Moon and Earth
> should appear in the images.
>
> For details see these blog posts of Dani, EA4GPZ:
> https://destevez.net/2019/06/dslwp-b-and-the-solar-eclipse/
> https://destevez.net/2019/06/imaging-times-for-dslwp-b-eclipse-observation/ 
>
>
> Note that LO 94 is expected to crash onto the Moon's surface at
> the end of July, ending its mission. Until then you can still track
> LO 94 using GMAT and receive its 70 cm downlinks.
>
> 73,
> Nico PA0DLO
>
>
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