[IAham] Re: [fpqrp] Fw: ARLS006 AMSAT-OSCAR 7 returns to life

[Jo Thompson]

At 05:40 PM 6/25/2002 -0500, Rob Matherly wrote:
>This sounded interesting... thought I'd share it for those that don't get
these :^)

>AMSAT says it seems certain the satellite is running only off its
>solar panels, not from the onboard batteries, so it will be
>operational only while it's in sunlight. King speculates that the
>batteries, which shorted as they failed two decades ago, now are
>''un-shorting'' and causing the satellite to come back to life.

Really, really weird!  Jo