Rotation Period
02 Apr 2021 = 17.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
03 Apr 2021 = 17.1 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
04 Apr 2021 = 17.2 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
05 Apr 2021 = 17.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
06 Apr 2021 = 17.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
07 Apr 2021 = 19.0 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
08 Apr 2021 = 720 seconds (from real-time WOD panel temperatures)
This last week AO-73’s attitude was very unstable and the Dzhanibekov effect was possibly noted during a number of passes over VK. At some period on the 8th April AO-73 snapped from a complex unstable attitude to a less complex and an improved attitude.
On April 13th AO-73 will again start to experience eclipse periods.
73 de Colin VK5HI.