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Status från 11 maj

From Stacey: We are about to begin active magnetorquing to hold ALON relatively steady and begin to lower ALAT. Current ALON/ALAT is approximately 330/25, but better determination will be possible once the ALAT drops below about 15 degs. and the earth enters the camera field of view.

We hope to have the passbands on during the first half of the orbit within about 1 week, if all goes well.

The A-blk message of the day section now includes height, Lon/Lat of the subsatellite point, and ALON/ALAT. All of these values are generated by the IHU-1 software based on its orbital and magnetorquing calculations. ALON/ALAT is also updated from the ground when a new magnetorquing command is issued.

Klla: AMSAT-DL

By SM0TGU

Webmaster and member of the AMSAT-SM steering group.

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