[amsat-bb] AO-92 not staying in L/V for 24 hours

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi!

Twice this weekend, AO-92 failed to stay in L/V mode for
24 hours. When it was first commanded into L/V mode at
0138 UTC Sunday (Saturday evening in the USA):

https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1081727139974729729

it only stayed in that mode for about 3 hours. By the time
AO-92 passed over the USA around 0450 UTC, it had switched
back to U/V mode.

Mark N8MH reported on Twitter this morning that AO-92 was
put back into L/V mode at 1449 UTC:

https://twitter.com/N8MH/status/1081938639930691584

and it was back to U/V this evening at 0248 UTC:

https://twitter.com/WD9EWK/status/1082107763809873920

Before this weekend, I think there was one previous
occasion where AO-92 didn't remain in L/V mode for the
full 24 hours. Has something happened to the satellite,
where the mode change won't remain in effect for 24
hours?

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/