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Tue Nov 10 08:51:33 1981
Arrl bulletin 138
qst de ad7i
hr arrl bulletin nr 138  from arrl headquarters
newington ct  november 5, 1981
to all radio amateurs bt
uosat oscar 9 update.  the university of surrey reports that the spin
rate of the spacecraft has now been determined to be 1 minute 50
seconds.  this slower rate indicates that deployment of the 50 foot
magnetometer boom will be soon.  when the boom is deployed the hf
beacons will be turned on.  on november 3 to
the digitalker was turned
on for a few minutes and the surrey command station was able to
upload a few sentences of english which was played back.  ian
ferebee, g6btu, spokesman for the group, said that the checkout was
going well and all systems looked good.  the latest orbital
parameters for oscar 9 are, period 95.3961, inclination 23.8672,
reference orbit 4)4, nasa, 3 nov 81 crossing equator at 1448 utc at
358.3 degrees west longitude.  subtract 12 minutes and 10 degrees
from november qst oscar 9 listings
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