Dear Gould / ARISSat-1 team,
Thanks for sharing this !
When the battery would go dead (or has very long charge times), to what extend would that also impact the low power mode ?
Better phrazed: what are the requirements to go/stay in low power mode ?
Is there a (no power) mode, where there is not enough power to go even into low power mode ? A kind of test/emergency mode, where the uplink/xponder and even FM is off but only the CW beacon is still on ?
... another question: Which type of command capabilities are available to the team, only a bare minimum (satellite TX on/off) or more ?
Best regards, Henk, PA3GUO
The ARISSat-1 Battery voltage is decreasing each eclipse period. It
therefore is taking longer for the Battery to charge up to 32.5V to allow the switch from Low Power to High Power when the satellite enters an illumination period.