[amsat-bb] AO-92 camera mode

Hans BX2ABT hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net
Mon Jul 8 03:43:21 UTC 2019


These are my N/S over the north pole passes for July 10/11 UTC

10-Jul 01:40    E 96°    27°
10-Jul 03:14    WNW 289°   11°
11-Jul 01:15    E 97°    13°
11-Jul 02:48    W 285°    21°

Elevations are not very high, so it might work with my fixed elevation 
setup. If you could, then yes, please. I know for sure the guys in Japan 
would love to track this.

73 de Hans

BX2ABT


On 07/08/2019 11:08 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> It was necessary as a consequence of our original imaging license from NOAA. We could not image anything other than the surface of the earth, and since the satellite is stabilized with a bar magnet, the camera points up in the southern hemisphere. 45 minutes on an ascending pass means the camera is off by the time it is pointed the wrong way. That's the reason as far as I remember it. Jerry or Burns might be along to correct me if my memory is faulty.
>
> You may have some shot at receiving the signal as the ascending passes over the US go over the pole and down over China and western Japan. I can add some of those passes if you will be ready to copy.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2019 10:01 PM
> To: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond at gmail.com>
> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 camera mode
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> Any reason for this limited setup? Would love to get some 9k6 frames.
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
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>
> On 07/08/2019 09:57 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
>> It’s on a timer, that cannot be changed.
>> Mark N8MH
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 3:04 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB
>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>>
>>      Why not leave the camera on for an entire day or two so people around
>>      the world can enjoy AO-92 in another way?
>>
>>      73 de Hans
>>
>>      BX2ABT
>>
>>
>>      On 07/08/2019 12:46 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>      >
>>      >
>>      > July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support
>>      of the ARRL
>>      > Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything
>>      that passes
>>      > over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow.
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >
>>      > 73, Drew KO4MA
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