Hi Paul,
If EVERYTHING goes according to plan then FUNcube-1 could well be commanded to operate autonomously within a week or two of launch.
This means that the spacecraft will have a linear transponder for amateur use when in eclipse and high power telemetry for educational outreach when in sunlight
"Everything" means a positive power budget, reasonable on board temperatures, all antennas deployed plus a whole host of other on board parameters being ok after launch!
73
Graham G3VZV
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I know Delfi-n3xt and the Tritons won't be available for amateur use for a few months. How about FUNcube? I wonder what the timetable is for putting it into it's normal mode where it will be available for amateur use in the evening.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On 11/13/2013 7:08 PM, Tom Gentry wrote:
I don't have it, don't want it, don't want to hear about it.
Lets talk about the new satellites going up.
Tom K5VOU
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