[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Down

Pierre van Deventer pierrevd at icon.co.za
Tue Jun 15 22:29:14 PDT 2010


Drew wrote:
 
"We have been very close to the low battery trip points due to continued
attempted use in eclipse in the southern hemisphere."
 
The Southern hemisphere is a fairly large area, please be more specific. The
statement you made creates doubt about our operating habits implying that we
are irresponsible operators.
 
AO-51 is not in eclipse whilst it in range of Southern Africa. This is based
on the information as given by SatPC32.
 
Greetings.
 
73, Pierre ZS6BB


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