Rotation Period
02 Jul 2021 = 18.4 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
03 Jul 2021 = 21.3 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
04 Jul 2021 = 22.7 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
05 Jul 2021 = 22.3 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
06 Jul 2021 = 24.3 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
07 Jul 2021 = 25.9 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
08 Jul 2021 = 29.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
Special thanks to Terry VK5GU and Colin VK3HBF for their continued assistance with downloads this week.
AO-73 continues to perform in an unstable spin attitude. The spin attitude is a complex solution that comprises AO-73 rotating about the Z-Z axis but with a variable rotation about AO-73’s offset Centre of Mass. During this past week the rotation about the Centre of Mass has had a rotation period of 450 to 600 seconds.
73 de Colin VK5HI.