AO-40 Tlm Stopped

From: Bill T Bard (wtba@eci.esys.com)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 11:15:06 PST

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    To add some info from Dale's message on AO-40, this is from the amsat-dl
    site:
    
    AO-40 TELEMETRY TRANSMISSIONS STOPPED, DEVELOPMENT TEAM INVESTIGATING
    
                                                         December 13, at 1123
    utc telemetry transmissions from AO-40
                                                         stopped while work on
    the 400 N propulsion system was in
                                                         progress. An
    investigation by the AO-40 development team has
                                                         begun. They are now
    waiting for certain on-board software
                                                         events to occur on
    Saturday afternoon, December 16. These are
                                                         programmed to start a
    spacecraft emergency routine called
                                                         "command-assist" which
     attempts to re-establish communications.
                                                         This offers the best
    chance of recovering evidence of the incident
                                                         which made the
    telemetry transmissions stop. When more
                                                         information becomes
    available, we will pass it along.
    
    
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