Ok thanks Alain, the rotation period was just a rough guess. I'll try again next time. gr, tristan BWGS 2018-01-07 21:24 GMT+01:00 Alain Figer <alain.figer_at_gmail.com>: > Rotation period of SMAP has been almost constant since October 2015 at > about 4.10 - 4.15 seconds. > > See my last observing note about it at : > https://www.flickr.com/groups/1983844_at_N22/discuss/72157648528894683/ > 72157690793684584 > > By the way my observations are in full agreement with the MMT data issued > by the russian site astroguard. > > Regards > > Alain > 48.67° N ; 2.13° E ; 170m a.s.l. > > 2018-01-07 18:23 GMT+01:00 Tristan Cools via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org > >: > >> Hi all, >> >> My first satellite observation of 2018 today at 16:56UTC: 2015-03A/40376 >> or >> the NASA satellite Smap is tumbling with a period of about 1s. No >> chronograph with me. >> >> The satellite was already a failure almost 6 months after launch, it had a >> large dish antenna. I wonder, with a tumble like that why it hasn't been >> torn of in the meantime... >> >> >> greetings, >> >> Tristan Cools >> BWGS-Belgian Working Group Satelites >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Jan 07 2018 - 15:29:27 UTC
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