Listening this evening to FO-29 with my SDR receiver and saw a lot of FM Signals in the pass band. What a waste of space. Below an audio recording. I have no idea what language this is and where it is coming from.
This audio is just one of as you can see a lot of FM signals in the pass band. I guess this is also not healthy for the satellite.
Space debris close to the FO-29
The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has identified a predicted conjunction between JAS 2 (SCC # 24278) and SCC # 10470.
Primary Object: JAS 2 (SCC # 24278)
Secondary Object: SCC # 10470
Time of Closest Approach: 23 NOV 2012 23:38 UTC
Overall miss distance: 984 meters
Radial (dU) miss distance: 174 meters
In-Track (dV) miss distance: 690 meters
Cross-track (dW) miss distance: -680 meters
Primary Radial Error (U): 14 meters
Primary In-track Error (V): 104 meters
Primary Cross-track Error (W): 16 meters
Secondary Radial Error (U): 25 meters
Secondary In-track Error (V): 350 meters
Secondary Cross-track Error (W): 11 meters
JSpOC Orbital Protection Team
Joint Space Operations Center
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California USA
Original post: FO-29 weblog (Google translation)
Fuji-OSCAR 29 – Jas-2 ‘Sixteenth’ birthday.
I so wish JAMSAT and JARL would decide to build another satellite this bird is really great for working linear transponder.
The FO-29 Command Team reports from Japan that they have recovered the satellite after it had experienced a shutdown due to longer eclipse periods causing an undervoltage condition.
Ground station operators have placed FO-29 in a temporary, but stable configuration for further testing and recovery operations. They will test FO-29 while it is over Japan between December 23-25.
If no problems occur the Command Team will announce an operating schedule for the satellite for the remainder of 2011 and into the early part of 2012. Please standby for further news and announcements.
[PE0SAT thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]
JJ1ZUU tweet indicates FO-29 may resume operations soon, probably scheduled. Details will follow and the schedule propably be announced.Information has been received that the FO-29 analog repeater is currently off the air. The eclipse periods have increased to the point exceeding 27% shadowing which causes an undervoltage fault to shut down the satellite.
The FO-29 control station sent commands to reactivate the satellite during daytime passes over Japan between October 8-10. Also at the present time the control station was experiencing computer hardware problems which slowed progress.
[Thanks Mineo, JE9PEL, for the above information]