[amsat-bb] AO-95

[Jean Marc Momple]

Don,

I wish to join you to thanks Jerry and the team, to have worked so hard for Fox-1C over several years, and I am sure that they are more disappointed than anyone else about the present issue.

Building a bird is not an easy job and it seems that some believe it is kind of commodity, not really in spite many launches and each one is a challenge/ new adventure which is possible only due to the dedication and commitment of a few, space is not the nearby shopping mall and still a still a very risky business. Just look at the % of Cubesat failures.

Hopefully the bird will be recovered, if not it will be a learning as well explained. Grievance is just not relevant.

I will continue to send the TLM for the bird as many times as possible per the request to help them with an eventual recovery and suggest that all do so.

I also say also  a big THANK YOU to the team behind AO-95, whether the mission is successful or not, the important matter is their hard work and learning from same.

73


Jean Marc (3B8DU)


> On Dec 10, 2018, at 7:05 PM, Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks to Drew and Jerry for the additional information, even though the
> situation is not what anyone wanted hear.
> 
> I will echo John's statement. For those who have worked so hard on this
> bird, along with those before it and those to come, THANK YOU! Without
> people with the knowledge and skills to get a satellite into orbit, we
> would not have anything to enjoy.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 2:03 AM Jerry Buxton <n0jy at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/9/2018 18:17, Fred Castello wrote:
>>> I am just curious why we are not discussing the apparent failure of the
>> receiver of AO-95.  Do we know anything more about the issue?
>>> Thanks all,
>>> Fred – KF4FC
>>> 
>> Hi Fred,
>> 
>> I'm not sure if you were referring to We the amsat-bb list members?  I
>> have to say that I figured there would be much more chatter here than I
>> have seen so far, anyway.
>> 
>> If by We you mean We the AMSAT Engineering team, of course we have been
>> discussing the problem, possible causes, and working on leads ever since
>> the anomaly became known.  Certainly many of us are unhappy at not
>> succeeding in making everybody else happy, but that is not the reason
>> for my silence in terms of sharing with the public.  Right now, with no
>> readily apparent reason or reasons for the behavior, there is nothing
>> else to report.
>> 
>> The situation has gone from a commissioning to being challenge, which is
>> actually fun and we're on it.   We are looking at data from a number of
>> sources, as well as our past experiences with the other Fox-1 satellites
>> during their journey from the BOM to orbit.  Ideas such as the one Drew
>> mentioned about employing a mega-QRO station to see if it can be heard
>> by the bird have been on the table for several days but I don't plan to
>> report or discuss every thought we have in working this unless and until
>> it is something of merit or actionable.  As you probably know, our
>> resources are limited and it's all volunteered time.  Most if not all of
>> our remaining Fox-1 engineers are also involved in the GOLF-TEE project
>> so I have asked them to give that first priority with their available
>> volunteer time in order to keep the schedule.  AO-95 is in orbit now and
>> we can vary the amount of attention on her as resources allow in order
>> to achieve both goals.  If the results of our investigation point to a
>> possibility of recovery be it partial, full, or some workaround method,
>> we would all like to see her working as much as the rest of you and that
>> is a driver for this investigation.  But perhaps the most important
>> driver is that there are lessons to be learned for the betterment of
>> future missions.  I expect us to continue to look for the cause or
>> causes until we have results or reach a dead end because of the
>> inability to take the lid off and look inside AO-95.
>> 
>> The main point of the ANS is to let everyone know that commissioning
>> won't be happening, certainly not in the period that everyone has grown
>> accustomed to if at all, so that members and users can get on with
>> enjoying their activities on all of the other satellites.  Many had been
>> waiting in anticipation and wondering why talk of AO-95 commissioning
>> seemed so quiet, so once we were sure that it didn't appear to be an
>> intermittent thing we shared the news.  And as I said in the ANS, I will
>> certainly be keeping everyone posted when we have something new to
>> report so in the meantime please carry on and enjoy the birds!
>> 
>> Jerry Buxton, NØJY
>> 
>> 
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> 
> -- 
> 73,
> Don KB2YSI
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