[amsat-bb] LO 94 and the solar eclipse

[Graham Shirville]

Amazing images Nico, congratulations and respect to all concerned with 
designing the SSDV protocol, the spacecraft, the integration and launch, 
the lunar orbit insertion and the operations including the all important 
groundstations.

73

Graham

G3VZV


On 03/07/2019 20:17, Nico Janssen via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
> 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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