CruxGNZ Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Here's something that is pretty cool: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26jan_suitsat.htm "Point your antenna to the sky during the 5-to-10 minute flyby," advises Bauer, and this is what you'll hear: SuitSat transmits for 30 seconds, pauses for 30 seconds, and then repeats. "This is SuitSat-1, RS0RS," the transmission begins, followed by a prerecorded greeting in five languages. The greeting contains "special words" in English, French, Japanese, Russian, German and Spanish for students to record and decipher. (Awards will be given to students who do this. Scroll to the "more information" area at the end of this story for details.) Next comes telemetry: temperature, battery power, mission elapsed time. "The telemetry is stated in plain language—in English," says Bauer. Everyone will be privy to SuitSat's condition. Bauer adds, "Suitsat 'talks' using a voice synthesizer. It's pretty amazing." The transmission ends with a Slow Scan TV picture. Of what? "We're not telling," laughs Bauer. "It's a mystery picture." (More awards will be given to students who figure out what it is.)" I tried setting up my scanner and a digital recorder set on VOR, but something happened to the recorder and it didn't record. Going to try again tonight. If it doesn't work, I may have to get up at 4 am to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannji Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 the suitsat is already dead, the cold killed the battery after the first 3 hours. pretty cool deal tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 Ah crap. Where did you hear that is was already dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannji Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl= = ) my homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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