[amsat-bb] Re: MaSat-1

14 Feb 2012

      I was looking this morning as well, but couldn't find them.
Analyzing the doppler shift indicated the pass was 50s later than the 
pre-launch TLE's indicated (for the 8:30 UTC pass over the UK)
I updated the pre-launch TLE (by adding 50s to the Epoch time, and 
re-calculating the checksum) and the doppler correction on the following 
pass was much better.
I guess the orbit may be slightly higher than predicted, resulting in a 
fractionally longer orbital period.
73s, Simon. G7WIQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L. Hammond" marklhammond@gmail.com
To: "Alan Cresswell" alancresswell@xtra.co.nz; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:20 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: MaSat-1
...
Anybody find the TLEs yet??
Using the pre-launch set this morning wasn't really great.  It's amazing 
what 24 hours will do :)
For example, this moring I could hear Masat-1 and XATCOBEO "below the 
horizon" according to the pre-launch set.  So it's appearing later than 
predicited using this set.
Mark N8MH
At 09:52 AM 2/14/2012 +0000, Alan Cresswell wrote:
...
Good 32 deg Masat-1 pass over ZL at 0911UT.
373 frames decoded and good solid signals throughout the pass.
73
Alan
ZL2BX

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[amsat-bb] Re: MaSat-1

Simon Pack