RE: [amsat-bb] The First Ever Image from SCOPE/RUDAK/AO40 in Space !

["Timothy S. Zibrat" <tzibrat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent job!!! That's a beautiful picture.  Congratulations to the
RUDAK/SCOPE team and the command team.  Outstanding!

-K3TZ

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> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 3:57 AM
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> Subject: [amsat-bb] The First Ever Image from SCOPE/RUDAK/AO40 in Space !
>
>
> The First Ever Image from SCOPE/RUDAK/AO40 in Space !
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Dear All,
>
> JAMSAT is pleased to announce that SCOPE camera on AO-40
> successfully captured the first image in orbit.
>
> Commissioning of SCOPE has been continued by RUDAK/SCOPE
> team since 30th. July. Good operation of Cam-A (narrow
> FOV) and Cam-B (wide FOV) were confirmed and some shots
> were tried to determine exposure time using the Cam-B. The
> first perfect image was captured by the Cam-B in Orbit
> 354, 7th. August. The image is published at JAMSAT SCOPE
> home page:
>
> http://www.jamsat.or.jp/scope/index_e.html
> http://www.jamsat.or.jp/scope/010808/index_e.html
>
> The image shows a crescent "blue" earth and suggests us
> possibilities of SCOPE cameras. There are some blobs in
> the image and they may be related to "December incident".
> Please note the image was captured (30msec exposure) in
> spinning S/C so that it is smeared a little bit. It would
> be possible to compensate the smear like the YACE image.
>
> Special thanks to Jim White, Bdale Garbee the RUDAK team,
> and Stacey Mills the command station for their great job
> in the commissioning. Also AO-40 users should be appreciated
> for their kind patience during the interruption of passband.
>
> Congratulations to SCOPE project members on their superb
> work!
>
> SCOPE - YOUR EYES IN SPACE
>
> Best regards.
>
> Yoshi Takeyasu / JA6XKQ for the SCOPE team
> JAMSAT
> ja6xkq@jamsat.or.jp
>
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