I think the battery only theory is the shut down. Robert WB5MZO
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On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:35 AM, "George Henry" ka3hsw@att.net wrote:
No solar cells = very short life. It certainly won't still be transmitting when it reaches 3 million kilometers. It also appears not to have a shutdown command receiver, which I thought was required of ALL satellites with downlink transmitters...
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "M5AKA" m5aka@yahoo.co.uk To: "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space
Students at the Tama Art University are planning to send a sculpture ARTSAT2 DESPATCH along with a 435 MHz amateur radio payload into deep space.
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