It could also be that AO-7 is still magnetically stabilised. At high latitudes the bird might experience a rapidly changing magnetic field direction. Try looking for a piece of software called geomag and then plug in AO-7´s location. If the local magnetic field is pointing at the sun the bird is probably end on to the sun. One of my to-do projects is running the numbers on this (it will be slow if done manually). If someone has a copy of STK with the right plug-ins it will be quick :-) .
73 de Geoff vk2tfg
Jason White wrote:
Perhaps the difference in the downlink strength that was observed has something to do with additional light hitting the panels after reflection from the earth.. just a theory.
73 Jason N1XBP
Dave hartzell wrote:
AO-7 was definitely in sunlight at 09:58 5 Oct 2006 UTC.
On 10/5/06, john hackett la2qaa@hotmail.com wrote:
So ... how come I could hear myself when AO-7 was in darkness?. As can be imagined, I will keep tabs on this tomorrow morning.
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