Listening right now on my Satellite800, crystal clear, repeating
message, don't litter space...
Of course I am kidding but is anyone heard it yet, it seems to be
on the other side of the world but have not found somewhere on the
web that will display when it's going to be somewhere near TX.

Thanks!

James Douglas wrote:

Listening right now on my Satellite800, crystal clear, repeating
message, don't litter space...
Of course I am kidding but is anyone heard it yet, it seems to be
on the other side of the world but have not found somewhere on the
web that will display when it's going to be somewhere near TX.

It will follow pretty much the same orbit as ISS, so you can use:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdat...ing/index.html

(Might take a bit of time to load, and right now the ISS is not showing on the
map, but they sometimes lose data, and should be back on soon)

I don't think it passes over USA until late at night or very early morning.

See:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

Click on sightings by city over on the left side, or, you can download the other
program there.

Read something about it possibly being launched around 4:30 this afternoon
(EST).

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Deployment is running behind schedule. They are just now flipping on
the power switches. Deployment should be in a few minutes.

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

James Douglas wrote:

Listening right now on my Satellite800, crystal clear, repeating
message, don't litter space...
Of course I am kidding but is anyone heard it yet, it seems to be
on the other side of the world but have not found somewhere on the
web that will display when it's going to be somewhere near TX.

Heard by JH3XCU/1 in Japan at 0009 with a weak signal, but not heard at all in
other countries prior to coming up on Japan.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

From: dxAce
Organization: The Listener at The Gates of Dawn
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:36:23 -0500
Subject: SpaceSuit



James Douglas wrote:

Listening right now on my Satellite800, crystal clear, repeating
message, don't litter space...
Of course I am kidding but is anyone heard it yet, it seems to be
on the other side of the world but have not found somewhere on the
web that will display when it's going to be somewhere near TX.

Heard by JH3XCU/1 in Japan at 0009 with a weak signal, but not heard at all in
other countries prior to coming up on Japan.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

George Noory said tonight that the transmitter (batteries?) died after two
orbits. Too bad.

Greg
(Yes, insomnia tonight!)