karn (11/15/82)
I copied this bulletin frame from the Uosat-Oscar-9 2 meter beacon
yesterday afternoon. (Part of the frame was garbled, near the orbital
period section, due to a fade)
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UOSAT SPACECRAFT CONTROL CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, GUILDFORD, SURREY, ENGLAND
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UOSAT SPACECRAFT OPERATIONAL STATUS:
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BULLETIN-3 1200 GMT 12TH NOV 1982
* ATTITUDE *
ATTITUDE CONTROL MANOEUVRES HAVE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT
THIS WEEK AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REDUCED THE Z-AXIS
SPIN PERIOD TO 30 SEC WITH A NUTATION ANGLE OF 24 DEGREES
THE -Z FACET IS ORIENTED TOWARDS THE SUN
FURTHER MANOEUVRES WILL FOLLOW TO REDUCE THE Z-SPIN TO
A PERIOD OF AROUND 60-90 SEC AND TO RE-ORIENT THE SPIN AXIS
BEFORE BOOM DEPLOYMENT
* RADIATION DETECTOR EXPERIMENT *
20 KEV COUNTER IS FULLY OPERATIONAL DESPITE LOW EHT
VOLTAGE INDICATED BY TELEMETRY
* REF ORBIT * 12-NOV-1982
ORBIT NO. 6085
EQX TIME 12:48:39 GMT
EQX LONG 325.9 DEG W
MEAN HEIGHT 515 KM
PERIOD ...
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REPORTS ON TELEMETRY & BULLETIN RECEPTION WOULD BE APPRECIATED
SEND TO: DR.M.N.SWEETING UOSAT CONTROL CENTRE - THANK YOU