One of the official reps on Facebook said it has no command ability.
If you read that last tweet carefully, it doesn't say "I *was* set to..." it says "I am set." That means it was probably set to do that before launch.
I read an article on Tumblr about it that said the antenna was set to deploy by using hot glue to hold it, and after some minutes the sun would melt it. That may have changed.
John KG4AKV
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 1:47 PM, M5AKA via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Bob, I also look forward to hearing it but if you think about it, if after two days there is still no power and no antenna then it can't be commanded on ?
73 Trevor M5AKA
On Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 18:37, Bob <WB4SON@gmail.com> wrote:The Twitter Account (@STMSAT11) just announced the following:
"I am set to turn on when I am stable, have power, and my antennae is deployed. Thanks for being patient with me!"
That explains why nothing has been heard so far. Glad that very important piece of information is out there now.
Hopefully they will announce when things have been turned on.
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