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Opal Update -- January 27, 2000
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Launch was a success! The countdown was flawless! NORAD picked
up five objects after launch confirming payload separation.
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On the second pass at Stanford at 4:30am this morning,
the Opal beacon was heard! The following message was
received:
opal:0:1337193435 <01>
This tells us the following:
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The primary battery power system is working. Good job Carlos!
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The panels might be working...the above beacon says we have
a high voltage. This means our panels could be charging the
batteries.
- The radio/TNC are working.
- The CPU set the TNC at least once.
We had trouble contacting Opal due to ground station problems.
These are being resolved and we're getting ready for a 6am pass.
Should be a good one.
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The latest launch details are at:
http://ssdl.stanford.edu/opal/LaunchInfo.html
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