AO-51 satellite appears back on track after software reset:
The AO-51 Command Team says the satellite will remain in V/U FM repeater and FM 9k6 digital, V/U Pacsat Broadcast Protocol BBS (PBP BBS) mode “for a number of days” while the team monitors its operation.
On June 26 Echo experienced a software reset, and, following some analysis, the Command Team reloaded the software.
“I spent a good deal of my holiday time this week and weekend at home in order to download the data and then reload the satellite software to get it back up and running asap,” said the AO-51 Command Team’s Mike Kingery, KE5AZN. He said the AO-51 Software Team reviewed data downloaded from the satellite memory after the reset but found nothing out of the ordinary.
AO-51 went into orbit June 29, 2004