Re: [amsat-bb] Notes on Squint Angle & ALON/ALAT

[Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard W L Limebear)]

Stacey

> There may be  some confusion among AO-40 users and software writers 
> (updaters) about the differences between ALON/ALAT and squint angle on 
> AO-40 vs. AO-13.
rest snipped.

Thanks for a good description of pointing in inertial space. 

I'd be interested to know how the ALON/ALAT will be communicated once AO-40
enters its earth-pointing mode (a year or so down the road). In this mode
the attitude will be constantly (?) changed by the reaction wheels so that
the boresight centers the earth; so the ALON/ALAT would be constantly
changing too. 

73
Richard W L Limebear G3RWL
g3rwl@amsat.org
FOC # 1188

          So many beautiful girls ..... (sob) so little time
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