On 01/21/2011 01:54 PM, Patrik Tast wrote:
Hi All,
Is it linear polarized, if so which?
If not, then which circular polarisation?
Patrik
I don't know, but this, from the Nansat-D mission dashboard, is not
very hopeful:
"
STATUS: NanoSail-D
ejected on 1/17/11 at approximately 1900 PST. Beacon data was
routinely received by the public throughout the world from
1/19-21/11, and telemetry indicates that the sail deployed on
schedule. As of early morning PST on 1/21/11, no beacon packets
are being received. This combined with a plunging battery
voltage may mean that NanoSail-D is effectively out of power.
The ops team and amateur radio operators around the world are
still making attempts to make contact with the spacecraft.
We will be tracking
the de-orbiting of NanoSail-D over the next few months, and we
will post any available visual photographs of the satellite,
which are being collected by the mission team at NASA Marshall
Space Flight Center."
--
Marcus Leech
Principal Investigator
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium
http://www.sbrac.org