09 Oct 2020 = 162.1 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
10 Oct 2020 = 116.9 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
11 Oct 2020 = 163.3 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
12 Oct 2020 = 170.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
13 Oct 2020 = 153.0 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
14 Oct 2020 = 158.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
15 Oct 2020 = 145.5 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
On the 9th October AO-73 “snapped out” of its complex attitude and motion and resumed a stable motion and attitude about the Z-Z axis, albeit the spin direction being in the reverse direction.
It has retained this spin direction since the 9th October.
73 de Colin VK5HI.