[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite AO-7 Mode A/B (Rolf Moberg)

At 10:51 AM 6/16/2007, Steve Attfield wrote:

AO-7 as far as I know is locked into one mode and it comes on and off depending on the batteries.

What batteries? More like solar illumination. The question is whether there are eclipses or not. If there are eclipses, then the mode it comes up in is more or less random. If there are no eclipses, then I believe there is an on board timer that switches mode every day or so.

Don't take this as gospel, it's what I've pieced together from reading the bb over the last few years. :)

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