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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 775243" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>Yesterdays press release confirms the upper stage solar array is tracking the sun correctly, so the batteries are no longer a concern</p><p>The issue appears to be the maximum time on each pass than the ground station(s) can send continuous telemetry, and a potential shielding effect of the craft's fuel tanks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>_http://www.russianspaceweb.com/phobos_grunt_kik.html</p><p></p><p>It does make me wonder if (at the current altitude), some link up via another communications satellite could be persued to extend the time window.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 775243, member: 175144"] Yesterdays press release confirms the upper stage solar array is tracking the sun correctly, so the batteries are no longer a concern The issue appears to be the maximum time on each pass than the ground station(s) can send continuous telemetry, and a potential shielding effect of the craft's fuel tanks. _http://www.russianspaceweb.com/phobos_grunt_kik.html It does make me wonder if (at the current altitude), some link up via another communications satellite could be persued to extend the time window. [/QUOTE]
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