Thanks Armando. I believe their original plans were to de-orbit the spacecraft around February. I'm presuming from the Google translation that the failure to deploy the "Tail" means they are unable to de-orbit as planned ?
I guess this means it may remain in space until the orbit decays naturally. PW-SAT has the capability of acting as an FM to DSB (U/V) transponder. 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Thu, 27/12/12, Armando Mercado <am25...@triton.net> wrote: > From: Armando Mercado <am25...@triton.net> > Subject: [amsat-bb] PW-Sat news > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Date: Thursday, 27 December, 2012, 17:11 > Hello All, > > This may be old news, but I > came across this from: > http://www.kosmonauta.net/menu-bezzalogowe/menu-artykuly-bezzalogowe/orbitalne-bz/4709-2012-10-11-pw-sat > > The following is a google translation > (a little rough but you can get the idea): > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Since our last report on the PW-Sat > satellite, it's been five months. > What has happened with the first > Polish satellite in the meantime? > > PW-Sat - the first Polish satellite > and the first Polish satellite > student - was placed in orbit > 13 February 2012. The satellite was > released from the P-POD tray about > 70 minutes after launch Vega rocket, > which is at about 12:10 CET. The > original orbit of the satellite is > about 310 x 1442 km. The first > signal from the PW-Sat has already > taken an hour after the release of > the tray P-POD, during his first > flight over the Polish. The signal > received from the radio amateurs > all over the world. > > Then began the work of > PW-SATEMA in orbit. The first > week passed on listening > satellites. Then studied the > satellite parameters and > assumptions were verified. In > the coming weeks, a team of > students from the Warsaw > University of Technology, > tested the different modes of > operation PW-SATA, which is > one of the goals of this > project. Satellite work > properly, and then it seemed > like before Easter this year > should lead to the development > of the tail PW-SAT. That did > not happen - it turned out that > during the first work of > PW-SATEMA were used in a large > amount of stored energy in the > batteries satellites. > > In May, there is information > that will be renewed attempt > to open a satellite tail. > Unfortunately, in the coming > weeks, the operation failed. > Currently (11 October 2012) > PW-Sat still stays in orbit > without the striped tail. > Satellite works, although it > is quite a serious problem > with the communication system, > which is probably a bug in the > hardware (there were similar > failures with other users of > the equipment). This problem > very limited communication > capabilities of PW-SATEMA. > Soon to be published instructions > for amateurs - perhaps because > it can be spread tail PW-Sata > - are, therefore, still some > chance of achieving this mission. > > Currently, the mission met PW-Sat > to 4 of 7 total goals of the > expedition. The fifth goal was > partially completed. It is > therefore clear that the mission > PW-Sat, despite the difficulties, > already can be considered a > great success. On the basis of > experience - the positive and > the negative - it will be > possible to conduct further > advanced projects. Warsaw > University of Technology > recently sent a request to the > mission PW-Sat 2 to the > European Space Agency (ESA), > which offers a small gathering > a CubeSat mission. It was one > of two or three (edit - the > source of a comment below this > article) CubeSatowych Polish > projects submitted to the ESA. > > (IAC 2012, Maciej Urbanowicz) > > -------------------------------- > > The catolog number of PW-Sat is 38083. > It beacons irregularly in daylight on 145.902. > I have not listened for it for several weeks. > It enters an eclipse free period from > Dec 29, 2012 to Jan. 13, 2013 so the next > couple of weeks would be a good time to > give a listen. This satellite carries an > AO-16 style transponder, but given the > power and commanding issues, it does not > look like it will ever be turned on. > > 73, Armando N8IGJ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. > 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 > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
