Good question... after the "test" prior to "Yuri's Day" the battery was apparently depleted. Whether it has been recharged or replaced, who knows? I'd still like to know whether NASA ever signed off on powering up the satellite inside the space station... seems like much of the time Roscosmos forgets that they have PARTNERS in this venture.
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "R Oler" orbitjet@hotmail.com To: gouldsmi@bellsouth.net; "Amsat BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 11:03 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Deployment date?
Do we know ARISSAT works? Robert G. Oler WB5MZO Life Member AMSAT ARRL NARS
From: gouldsmi@bellsouth.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:00:44 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Deployment date?
I would like to be able to give a firm date for the ARISSat deployment, but there are a few issues that make that a moving target. The deployment is scheduled to occur during Russian EVA 29, today that is 27 July 2011.
From a teleconference last week there was a notice that the EVA may be
pushed back a week or two if the Shuttle arrives in early July- nothing firm yet. We have another teleconference 6 July. I will release any probable dates or updates when I know them. Thank you for your patience.
73, Gould, WA4SXM AMSAT ARISSat project manager