AO-73 : Funcube-1

Rotation Period

13 May 2022 = 5.19 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
14 May 2022 = 5.38 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
15 May 2022 = 5.29 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
16 May 2022 = 5.00 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
17 May 2022 = 4.71 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
18 May 2022 = 7.10 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
19 May 2022 = 4.31 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

AO-73 continues spinning about the Z-Z axis with the Z-Z axis slowly precessing about AO-73’s centre of mass in a non-stable attitude.

73 de Colin VK5HI.

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