AO-73 : Funcube-1

Rotation Period

27 Jan 2023 = 2.07 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
28 Jan 2023 = 2.04 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
29 Jan 2023 = 2.05 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
30 Jan 2023 = 2.11 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
31 Jan 2023 = 2.05 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
01 Feb 2023 = 2.07 seconds (from the Sun Sensor Data)
02 Feb 2023 = 2.09 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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