25 Jan
2012
25 Jan
'12
7:50 p.m.
On 1/25/12, Trevor . m5aka@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
South Africa’s second satellite, SumbandilaSat, is no longer fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems and is essentially beyond repair, its maker SunSpace says.
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Although the article only mentions that hams used the satellite as well, South Africa AMSAT shows that it remains unavailable. Presumably, it now joins AO-51 and HO-68 as silent birds.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL