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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/RMBWIDNIPZMS4TTXUKHWXPIXK3JJ23P7/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "87E506C02B7A47DF992FEC1EC3E4BDB2@mylaptop", "message_id_hash": "RMBWIDNIPZMS4TTXUKHWXPIXK3JJ23P7", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/RMBWIDNIPZMS4TTXUKHWXPIXK3JJ23P7/", "sender": { "address": "n1miw (a) cox.net", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Larry", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Can we get them to fix AO-40 first then?", "date": "2009-10-14T23:07:47Z", "parent": null, "children": [ "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/FVFUMY2GZ4UZ62TAWHFFLJNM2WYQ5LAQ/", "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/QEDXKZEYRMHCBOCJ5GG7SV65PBZGPX7D/" ], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": " With all of the chatter lately in regards to HEO's (people putting their\neggs in one basket with a hole in it) etc., it still brings up the point\nthat even though the satellite doesn't work now, maybe it just \"might\" if\nthe solar panels were attempted to be opened. I've received several emails\nin regards to that particular command & why it wouldn't work, but we will\nnever know if AO-40 is in the proper attitude since it is off. If we could\nattempt to recover the satellite & just get SOME telemetry to see what's\ngoing on, we're in better shape than just letting it sit up there & \"hope\"\nthe short goes away or that she \"wakes up\". Imagine if the \"event\" damaged a\ncircuit by putting it to ground that is causing everything to short out, and\nmoving a panel releases the short due to vibration! How many of you have hit\nyour TV set to fix a jumpy screen? Or better yet, an analog meter to get the\nneedle to move? Hopefully the transmitter comes back on the air sending\ntelemetry once more if this could happen. It doesn't seem right that there's\na battery up there that's only what, 2 years old, and it developed an\ninternal short? I am by no means an aerospace expert, but I have batteries\nfor my HT's that are older than that & still work fine. If this is what\nhappened, I hope newer designs are including circuitry to prevent the total\nfailure of the sat if this was to happen again. After the \"event\", there was\ntalk about AO-40 possibly not being in one piece - was there a definite\nanswer? I don't remember, nor did I check the archives.\n\n My final thought on this is - if you can't get the receiver to decode\ncommands, it's a loss, end of story. If it will receive, make it open the\npanels to get more power to the bird. Once the satellite is fully\nilluminated by the sun during its rotation, then try to work on stabilizing\nthe satellite. Until that is tried, I personally feel that not every last\nattempt at reviving AO-40 has been attempted, and we could very possibly\nhave an operating (although partially crippled) HEO in orbit. Besides, if\nthe propellant is still there, what's to say it won't leak out between now &\nwhenever she decides to \"wake up\"? Who's going to be able to control it in\n20+ years? Won't it be useless to hams then too?\n\n I'm not looking to start any heated arguments - this is all just my\nopinion. I haven't read every book there is on satellites, nor do I even\nremotely work close to the industry. I'm just an average ham who enjoys the\nsats from time to time, and would love to see someone \"tinker\" with AO-40 to\nget her back on the air!!!!!\n\n73's... Larry N1MIW\n\n...LEO's are satellites too!!!!!\n\n", "attachments": [] }