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Old October 28th 05, 11:45 PM
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Default SSETI Express not charging...

The student/ESA satellite SSETI Express was put in safe mode after it
showed drop in battery voltage; it seems the solar panels were not
charging the batteries.

The New Scientist article is at
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8235

The launcher involved was quire busy with 9 satellites, inclduing the
Iranian one, but with Mozhayets-5 appearently not seperating, and SSETI
Express experiencing challenges, the success is definitely mixed.

/dps