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----- Original Message ----- From: "John Geiger" aa5jg@fidmail.com To: "Peter Portanova" portanova911@verizon.net Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:37:40 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 end of mission
Yes, thanks for all of the great work with AO51. I do have a question, though. Please don't think that I am being critical of AO51, the design team, or the command team, because I am not. That have all done a great job. What I am curious about is this: AO27 has been going for 18 years and is still doing fine. AO51 made it around 6 years. What is the main difference between the 2 satellites that might explain the 300% difference in operational life?
73s John AA5JG
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Peter Portanova wb2oqq@verizon.net wrote:
Drew,
I first want to wish you and your growing family the very best for the Holidays!
AO-51, has been one of my best satellite recruiting tools and I will certainly miss her, however she gave us many wonderful years of faithful service, good bye dear friend.
Drew, it is also important to note that you and the control team, managed AO-51 in a manner that I believe extended her life, thank you.
As you noted we all must continue to support AMSAT's Fox-1 project, and other AMSAT projects I believe thru Amateur Satellites we have found a potential path to excite the children today and continue the STEM initiative.
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