[amsat-bb] AO-40 telemetry Dec.13

[Mineo Wakita <je9pel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Very nice the following AO-40 update kep of

  http://www.amsat.org/amsat/keps/

AO-40
1 26609U 00072B   00346.67280000  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    89
2 26609   6.4207 239.2459 8088586 192.0906   0.4805  1.25602300   521


WiSP, Wintrak and Calsat tracking programs indicated 06:00 UTC
LOS time at Dec 13, it was actually 05:55 UTC in Japan.


  UTC     MHz        Range      MA
  23:50   145.8985   57000 km   169
  00:50   145.8986   53000      182
  02:10   145.8988   45000      200
  03:05   145.8991   39000      212
  04:10   145.8994   29000      227
  05:10   145.8998   18000      240
  05:45   145.8996   10000      248
  05:50   145.8992    9000      249
  05:55   145.8987    8500      251 ... LOS Time 05:55 UTC


Doppler shift was decreased 1 KHz in 10 minutes just before
LOS time.


The following are some nominal telemetry data with WDECPSK program.

### AO-40 IHU-1 Telemetry Display - OE1KIB, OE1VKW - F1HDD - XTOPHE ###
A  HI, THIS IS AMSAT OSCAR-40       2000-12-12  23:49:56  #00CE 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|   Please note: No S2 MB operation for the next few orbits    |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
________________________ Orbit data ____________________________
AMSAT day 08381  Time 23:49:56.36 UTC  Orbit No 00053  Phase 169
________________________ Status ________________________________
RX: U(-1.3dB S1 Leila2) L1(0.7dB Leila1) 
TX: 
Beacons: GB(PSK; Leila2) MB(EB source; S1 Leila2)
Ant/Pre-amps: V-Rx=hi V-Tx=om U-Rx=om U-Tx=hi L-om+preamp
Experiments: Cedex-ctrl Cedex-pwr
Main battery on; Charger on; Memory soft error count: 1
  .
  .
  .
________________________ Arcjet Motor __________________________
EPU power ON   Tank Pressure 12Bar  Motor Pressure 77Bar
 Motor Current   0.2A  Motor Voltage -237.4V  Flow 0x08
________________________ 400 N Motor ___________________________
LIU power ON
Motor valve: closed  High pressure: 157Bar Low pressure: -0Bar
###### AO-40 IHU-1 Telemetry Display --- End of A/E Block ######
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Name : JE9PEL/Mineo Wakita, JAMSAT member
Mail : je9pel@jamsat.or.jp
URL  : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
QTH  : Yokohama Japan, GL:PM95TJ
Date : Dec 13, 2000
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