Did not catch the second voice digit! "MET is One shhhhhh" But satellite is switched on. On 18 september the voice announced MET (19 and 21) equalled the time in sunlight, as I have calculated back using today's keps, within 1 minute. Allowing for keps 1 week old I think the MET is in fact announcing the time the satellite "wakes up" as she enters sunlight, but there are no fm transmissions at that time. The latency is up to 10 -19 minutes (if I had the second digit I could be more precise,hi!!)
From: andy thomas <[email protected]> To: amsat <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2011, 11:24 Subject: Re:ARISSat daylightpower recovery time I agree with this observation here at IO92NL. Arissat-1 does not switch on immediately when in sunlight, I have missed several passes this morning and in the last few days. I am just waiting for what the MET is announced (voice tlm) as at 1032 utc AOS (coming up) and will backtrack to how long she has been in sunlight. The difference ought to tell us the latency. 73 de andy G0SFJ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
