[amsat-bb] QUESTION

[Hans BX2ABT]

Probably me being tired late at night: I guess I meant 20 minutes. My 
bad. --Hans


On 8/10/20 11:18 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
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>     Fitzpatrick via AMSAT-BB
>     > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:44 AM
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>     > Subject: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
>     >
>     > WHAT GOING ON WITH AO-92 . I HEAR IT IS IN SAFE MODE.IS
>     <http://MODE.IS> THER A PROBLEM WITH AO-92 ??????BOB/KB5SQG
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