[amsat-bb] AO-92

[Gerald Witalec]

 Thanks Mark. Curious... seen on the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page this morning that YO2MKK on 10-18-2020 at 13:16:30 UTC heard the AO-85.I question his input.
Jerry...W8RQM




    On Sunday, October 18, 2020, 10:39:22 AM EDT, Mark Johns, K0JM <k0jm.mark at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 AO-85 is gone, too. See https://www.amsat.org/status/  for current information.
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On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 9:27 AM Gerald Witalec via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>  How about AO-85? I did not see it on my Android this morning when I updated Keps
> Jerry...W8RQM
>
>
>    On Sunday, October 18, 2020, 9:55:19 AM EDT, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>  >
> > So I just learned today that AO-92 is dead. Does anyone know what happened?
> >
> > --
> > Chris Pohlad-Thomas
> >
> >
> It's not officially dead (as far as I can recall... I think they are never
> called "dead" until they re-enter).  Also, it seems to turn on now and
> again (it was on and being used about a week ago, according to SatNogs
> observations and the amsat status page).  I've also caught at least one
> pass where it was partially on (I caught what appeared to be a beacon, but
> with no DUV telemetry - and it was weak and didn't sound right either),
> about 2 weeks ago.
>
> The problem seems to be battery life issues, btw.
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
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