South Africa’s second satellite, SumbandilaSat, is no longer fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems and is essentially beyond repair, its maker SunSpace says.
73 Trevor M5AKA
Thanks for the info Trevor. That is sure too bad to hear. It was a nice satellite while it lasted.
73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor ." m5aka@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:01 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] SumbandilaSat beyond repair
South Africa’s second satellite, SumbandilaSat, is no longer fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems and is essentially beyond repair, its maker SunSpace says.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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On 1/25/12, Trevor . m5aka@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
South Africa’s second satellite, SumbandilaSat, is no longer fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems and is essentially beyond repair, its maker SunSpace says.
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Although the article only mentions that hams used the satellite as well, South Africa AMSAT shows that it remains unavailable. Presumably, it now joins AO-51 and HO-68 as silent birds.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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