On 7/8/07, Patrick McGrane N2OEQ@aceweb.com wrote:

Some will argue that they want continuous duty whenever the satellite is in range, day or night. I would like to see a longer lived satellite capable of full power half the time that could potentially last several decades in orbit.

That's really insightful. So many of the birds end up operating in that mode *anyway*; what could be accomplished if we designed them that way on purpose?

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