Hi all.
The ARISSat team seem to have reached the conclusion that the Silver Zinc
battery technology is not really suited for
an orbiting satellite with a 55 / 35 minute charge and discharge cycle. I
wonder if a couple of small
Lithium polymer battery packs would be a suitable replacement for
Dear Friends,
This is speculation but it looks to me like we
have had a bit of good luck regarding the battery.
Looking at the battery voltage from deployment on...
Up until Aug 11, the battery seems to be deteriorating
normally with a slight downtrend in the max voltage
as expected. But on
Hi to everybody, I've a question about the ARISSat-1 battery situation : If the
battery goes dead (case 1: open circuit, case 2: short circuit, case 3: current
is absorbed from panels but not hold from battery) which will be the behavior
of the satellite?
Thanks and 73
Giulio AB2VY
Sent from
The ARISSat-1 Battery voltage is decreasing each eclipse period. It therefore
is taking longer for the Battery to charge up to 32.5V to allow the switch from
Low Power to High Power when the satellite enters an illumination period.
Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO has plotted the battery min/max for the
... Battery voltage around 33V status - charging. -David G0MRF
Wow - I showed the battery at 28.891 during a pass last weekend. Solar panels
are going their jobs!
Sorry ... too old for this much excitement in one day ...
Clint Bradford
http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/EVA29-1.html
At the top of today's schedule for the Russians aboard the ISS ...
Operations and experiments on the International Space Station July 27, 2011 -
On July 27 the Russian
segment of International Space Station, astronauts plan to continue their work
to prepare for spacewalk
(leak check suits,
OK - Charging of the ARISSat-1's battery is scheduled for July 27. And a test
this weekend.
Will the battery be charged a second time - before EVA-29 on August 3?
What is the expected/anticipated battery charge state to be after the July 30
test? Good enough for deployment without another
RadioSkaf's Alexander, RA3WOK, just wrote me that they do, indeed, suspect
battery failure of the ARISSat-1.
Investigation and plans for deployment continue.
According to preliminary information the problem is a failure of the battery
...
In the near future, batteries will be on Earth. It
Hi Nitin / Vince.
Although the non appearance of ARISSat-1 has been a little disappointing,
in the overall scheme of things we are still looking at a major AMSAT
achievement here. There is after all a satellite awaiting 'launch' on the ISS.
We know it's a success because so many people
