AO-73 : Funcube-1

Rotation Period

14 Jan 2022 = 3.60 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
15 Jan 2022 = 3.38 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
16 Jan 2022 = 3.24 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
17 Jan 2022 = 3.11 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
18 Jan 2022 = 2.92 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
19 Jan 2022 = 2.85 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
20 Jan 2022 = 2.78 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
21 Jan 2022 = 2.70 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
22 Jan 2022 = 2.70 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

AO-73 has now has returned to a relatively stable attitude spinning about the Z-Z axis with the Z-Z axis slowly precessing about AO-73’s centre of mass.

73 de Colin VK5HI.

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