FO-29

FO-29 illumination

The time of the eclipse of FO-29 seems to approach. I calculated this time
of the eclipse by the software 'illum.exe'. This 'illum.exe' is the software
to display the illumination and eclipse of the satellite. This was developed
by DK3WN/Mike Rupprecht, a German Satelliter. It's necessary 'MSWINSCK.OCX'
(Visual Basic 6.0 Run_Time) to be installed in your PC to start 'illum.exe'.

Original file,
http://www.dk3wn.info/files/illum.zip

Update file,
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/illum.zip

I retouched 'illum.ini' in this Update file.


The 'illum.ini' file contains three lines,
1. Your QTH Locator
2. Your full path to the TLE file
3. The URL of your NTP Time Server for time sync


'illem.ini' example,
---------------------
PM95TJ
d:\illum\keps_tle.txt
ntp.nict.jp
---------------------


This 'keps_tle.txt' is the TLE sample file. Actually, it recognizes TLE file
consisting of the numbers of many satellites. We understand that the eclipse
of FO-29 begins on 10 Nov 2010, and AO-51 continues full sunlight for a while
as a result of having calculated with the latest orbital TLE.
By the way, it takes about 30 seconds so that 'illem.exe' starts. 






Supplement for Eclipse by JARL
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/fo-29/e/553e443c02c28d27bc07e993a4b77ee4

2010  11/01 0%, 11/10 5%, 11/20 14%, 11/30 17%


FO-29 Eclipse Caluculation by JE9PEL
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29scrp.htm

FO29's Frequency Variability and Spacecraft Temperature by N8OQ
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29esti.htm