NanoSail deployment Dec 6, 06:15 UTC

According to the following source, NanoSail-D is scheduled to be deployed from its host, FastSat
(10062D / 37225), on 2010 Dec 06, during a planned window that opens at 06:15 UTC:

http://twitter.com/nanosaild

Official 2-line elements are not available via Space Track, but these are said to be current for
FastSat:

1 90023U 0        10337.45398478 +.00000086 +00000-0 +20372-4 0 00180
2 90023 071.9723 110.7346 0019937 284.0147 075.8775 14.76483169001977

The sail is square, about 3 m on a side, and highly reflective, so should be visible, at least in
flashes. According to this page, NanoSail-D will also transmit at 437.270 MHz, and there is a reference to an unspecified S-band frequency:
http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm

Ted Molczan

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