Hi Folks, FUNCube-1/AO-73 is due to enter continuous sunlight in a few days time and the operations team have decided to set the satellite to full time education mode (full power beacon with NO transponder, no eclipse auto switching). One of the effects of this is that the temperature of the satellite will increase. This will allow us to follow the effects of continuous sunlight more easily, and also in theory should keep the satellite cooler (more energy radiated from the structure as RF) We predict that the satellite will start experiencing eclipses again on approximately 7 May 2020. We may put the satellite back into transponder mode while it is in continuous sunlight, and if we plan to do this we will make an announcement here
73 Jim G3WGM and the FUNcube team