NanoSail-D was deployed from its host, FastSat (10062D / 37225), on 2010 Dec 06, at 06:31 UTC. Confirmation of its beacon awaits. It is to unfurl its sail three days later. http://twitter.com/nanosaild Official 2-line elements are not available via Space Track, but these are said to be current for FastSat: 1 90023U 0 10337.45398478 +.00000086 +00000-0 +20372-4 0 00180 2 90023 071.9723 110.7346 0019937 284.0147 075.8775 14.76483169001977 The sail is square, about 3 m on a side, and highly reflective, so should be visible, at least in flashes. According to this page, NanoSail-D will also transmit at 437.270 MHz, and there is a reference to an unspecified S-band frequency: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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