Deployed at 5:02 CST (23:03 UTC). Away it goes (watching on NASA-TV).

The cosmonaut said "Goodbye, Mr. Smith" as he tossed it away.

Mark Loveless wrote:

Deployed at 5:02 CST (23:03 UTC). Away it goes (watching on NASA-TV).

The cosmonaut said "Goodbye, Mr. Smith" as he tossed it away.

Cool!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Mark Loveless wrote:
Deployed at 5:02 CST (23:03 UTC). Away it goes (watching on NASA-TV).

The cosmonaut said "Goodbye, Mr. Smith" as he tossed it away.

I believe I read that there was either a 7 or 17 minute delay from
deployment to when transmitter comes on.

Passes for SE Michigan... (first that will go over) looks like about
5:39 AM and then 7:12 AM EST on Saturday Feb 4. (Using Orbitron program
with Keplerian elements for ISS)

Unfortunately, some guy north of Detroit is running his packet beacon on
145.990.

What it looks like:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/SuitSat/

Tracking:

http://www.heavens-above.com/main.as...=Birmingham&TZ








"Carter, K8VT" wrote in message
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Mark Loveless wrote:
Deployed at 5:02 CST (23:03 UTC). Away it goes (watching on NASA-TV).

The cosmonaut said "Goodbye, Mr. Smith" as he tossed it away.

I believe I read that there was either a 7 or 17 minute delay from
deployment to when transmitter comes on.

Passes for SE Michigan... (first that will go over) looks like about
5:39 AM and then 7:12 AM EST on Saturday Feb 4. (Using Orbitron program
with Keplerian elements for ISS)

Unfortunately, some guy north of Detroit is running his packet beacon on
145.990.

Can I get my Binoculars out and see that Space Suit? I remember when I
could see that first Russky Satellite with my naked eyeballs.
cuhulin