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

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

On 11/29/2011 4:30 PM, Miguel Barreiro wrote:
> Even more generally:  what are the most frequent death causes for amateur
> satellites?
>

Batteries, batteries, batteries, and occasionally a bad component or 
piece of space junk.

Would now be a good time to mention that Fox-1 is designed to operate 
while illuminated, even after a battery failure?

73, Drew KO4MA