Re: [amsat-bb] Preliminary AO-40 Keps -- Post Burn #1

[Viktor Kudielka <viktor.kudielka@xxxxxxxx>]

Ken Ernandes wrote:
>  Thus tracking reports
> with station WGS-84 lat/lon/alt and times of AOS/LOS versus *these*
> estimated Keps would be helpful.
> 
> AO-40
> 1 26609U 00072B   00346.67146000  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    68
> 2 26609   6.4028 239.1973 7763693 192.2448   0.1497  1.57068165   527

Hi Ken,

For 48°14.382 N / 16°19.236E / 275 m 
TLE #6 predicts AOS on 2000-12-12 at 08:02:30 UT.
AOS observed: 08:00 UT, weak signals S1 to S3 (versus S9++ all the
previous days)
Marginal telemetry decoding (more than 50% CRC errors average)
At 08:45 UT actual antenna direction 250°/0° (versus 215°/19° predicted)
S2 beacon not heard (probably due to uncertain antenna direction ?,
AO-40 behind the Vienna woods ?)
LOS around 08:48 UT (TLE #6 LOS predicted: 16:02 UT)
At 09:00 UT again signals from 270°/0°.
The orbital plane has obviously changed quite a lot.

	Vy 73, Viktor, OE1VKW
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