Yes. The system is required to be powered down to support Russian Vehicle (Soyuz and Progress) proximity operations (docking and undocking).
Kenneth - N5VHO
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Eric H Christensen Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:58 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS APRS Down?
I've been listening and watching the findU site (http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/ariss/index.cgi) and I haven't seen any reports since twenty hours ago. Did the system get shut down?
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