AO-73 : Funcube-1

Rotation Period

25 Nov 2022 = 4.46 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
26 Nov 2022 = 4.40 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
27 Nov 2022 = 4.07 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Nov 2022 = 3.86 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Nov 2022 = 3.68 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Nov 2022 = 3.44 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Dec 2022 = 3.35 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)

AO-73 continues spinning about the Z-Z axis at a fast rate with the Z-Z axis very slowly precessing about AO-73’s centre of mass in a not so stable attitude.

Latest WOD extracted from real-time telemetry

73 de Colin VK5HI.

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