Status Byte

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When KickSat is orbiting over Earth, it will be chirping periodically. In these chirps, there will be a status byte included, which will hold a value corresponding to a certain state that the satellite could be in.

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States

• 0x02: Standby Mode
• 0x06: Arming Mode
• 0x0E: Deploying Sprites
• 0x1E: Antenna 1 Deployed
• 0x3E: Antenna 2 Deployed

Flags

• 0x40: Low Battery
• 0x80: Critical Error

Status Byte

The status byte will consist of one state combined with zero or more flags using the OR operator.

Status Byte = State | Flags