SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS (for the AX.25 links): ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Recommended DUAL-Redundant design (see photo) - TX power 2 Watts peak transmitting short few second data bursts - TX whole orbit packet duty cycle less than 10% - Peak solar power needed on single flat array = 20W - Solar array sample Telemetry < 2,000 bytes per pass (2% duty cycle/Pass) - Amateur Satellite UI digipeater mission (20% dutycyle over USA) - Data would use 9600 baud for Telemetry and 1200 baud for Transponder - Eclipse Battery would be 12 volts and under 4 Watt-Hours