Hello Mark, thanks for asking.
Telemetry suggests that one cell is very weak, therefore continuous 24/7/365 operations are no longer possible. In support of users around the world and the AMSAT PACSAT team (which is currently planning a PACSAT cubesat!), I will plan to try to run Falconsat-3 for about 24 hours each weekend, with specifics dependent upon the time of day it's overhead, work, and recreation! The orbit precesses about 30 mins every day, so the time of day for usable passes cycles. But basically a 24 hour uptime every weekend. There's a pass around 1222UTC today 29 Oct 202, and I'll turn it ON with battery management OFF, hoping for about 24 hours of operations. This will continue as long as we reasonably can. Reentry is estimated to be in April 2022.
My best advice is to follow me on Twitter! It's easy to post when I turn it ON/OFF, so lately that's been my preferred method of sharing the information.
Also, please update your keps at least once per week, maybe more often. It appears to change enough to warrant this for people using tracking/high gain directional antennas. Here is the TLE source I'm using now: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/daily.all
Hope this schedule works for users and the PACSAT team! Scheduled operations seem lke the most beneficial plan for now.
73!
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 7:04 PM Mark Jessop [email protected] wrote:
Hi,
Just wondering about the status of Falconsat-3? I see an observation on SatNOGS from the 22nd of October with signal, though nothing since.
73 Mark VK5QI
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