From my very limited knowledge, the batteries are dropping to a voltage
during eclipse that safe mode is triggered to prevent the batteries from discharging too far and thus preventing damage. Once the satellite is back into illumination it should return to normal operations once the batteries have charged.
AGAIN, this is MY understanding of the situation, and in no way reflects an officatial AMSAT response nor might be accurate.
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 2:35 AM John E. Amdor IV via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Today (8/24) at ~4:16 UTC I was attempting to uplink to AO-92 when Veronica announced “FOX-1 Delta, Safe Mode”. Does anyone know what put AO-92 in safe mode, and will this happen every night?
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