[amsat-bb] QUESTION

[Mark L. Hammond]

Hello Hans and the list--

AO-92 is currently experiencing around 35 mins of ellipse and then 60
minutes of sunlight per orbit.   I read the "..roughly 2 hours after it
entered eclipse" and that caught my attention and as they say, "made me
look." ;-)

Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
AMSAT Director and Command Station



On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:18 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Yes, just had it drop into safe-mode towards the end of our nightly
> pass, roughly 2 hours after it entered eclipse. --Hans
>
> On 8/10/20 6:03 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > AO-92 is currently dropping into safe mode due to low voltage near the
> end of eclipse on some orbits. Right now that's the end of the ascending,
> evening passes, and it's also dependent on the load the previous orbit. As
> soon as the satellite hits illumination again, it automatically comes out
> of safe mode. It's unfortunate that this is happening over North America
> right now, but it's the control software preventing the batteries from over
> discharge, which is a good thing.
> >
> > Remember you can always check the latest telemetry at
> https://www.amsat.org/tlm/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=FOXDB
> >
> > 73, Drew KO4MA
> > AMSAT VP Operations
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Rosa & Robert
> Fitzpatrick via AMSAT-BB
> > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:44 AM
> > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
> >
> > WHAT GOING ON WITH AO-92 . I HEAR IT IS IN SAFE MODE.IS THER A PROBLEM
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