[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 update

2011-04-21 Thread Burns Fisher
Thank you for keeping us up to date, Lou. Is it a surprise that the battery was low? It appears (from Wikipedia) that silver zinc batteries have a negligible self-discharge rate. If the ARISSat-1 switches are off, should there be any drain? (I know from previous updates that it is so far unknow

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 update

2011-04-21 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: To: Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 5:56 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 update > This is an update on the ARISSat activities. > We had a telecon with the ARISSat team in Russia. Here is the situation > as described by them. The Russian suit battery that was