AO-73 : Funcube-1

Spin Period

03 May 2019 = 16.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
04 May 2019 = 18.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
05 May 2019 = 19.5 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
06 May 2019 = 20.0 seconds (from Sun Sensor Data)
07 May 2019 = 23.6 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
08 May 2019 = 26.7 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
09 May 2019 = 28.1 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)

As of today (9th May) we are experiencing 12 minute eclipse periods per orbit.
Come early June we will stabilise at 20 minutes per orbit until early July when the
eclipse periods again shorten such that we again enter full sun on the 9th August.

73 de Colin VK5HI.

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