[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 end of mission

[Miguel Barreiro]

Hi,

2011/11/29 John Geiger <aa5jg at fidmail.com>
(...)

> is still doing fine.  AO51 made it around 6 years.  What is the main
> difference between the 2 satellites that might explain the 300% difference
> in operational life?
>
>
Even more generally:  what are the most frequent death causes for amateur
satellites?
>From reading the history of past Oscars, I get the impression that most sat
losses are due to dead or shorted batteries, plus dead electronics
(supposedly due to radiation) and malfunctioning engines (on satellites
that have them, that is). Is it really the case?

73 de Miguel, EA1ICZ