El 19/01/17 a las 06:47, Peter Goodhall escribió:
Doesn't appear to have "gone dark" more the repeaters been turned off and its currently in telemetry mode.
My guess is that its so they can run the science payload (camera) and get some data from it.
Hi all,
The camera is not only the science payload. It's open for all hams to use it. As far as I know, it's the first time in the history of Amateur Radio that something like this happens (namely that scientific equipment on a satellite is open for remote control by all Amateurs).
BY70-1 will reenter in a few weeks. In the mean time, go and have some fun: try to use the camera. Probably you'll need to team up with fellow hams in your area to receive the complete image properly.
http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?p=542
More info:
http://destevez.net/2017/01/open-telecommand-for-by70-1/ http://destevez.net/2016/12/looking-at-by70-1-image-downlink/
73,
Dani EA4GPZ.