AO-73 : Funcube-1

Rotation Period

20 May 2022 = 4.12 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
21 May 2022 = 3.13 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
22 May 2022 = 3.71 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
23 May 2022 = 3.52 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
24 May 2022 = 3.25 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
25 May 2022 = 3.22 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
26 May 2022 = 3.11 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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