After more than ten years of excellent operation, the transponder on FO-29 went silent. Už minulý rok boli signály na downlinku poslabšie a pred dvoma týždňami niekoľko staníc zaregistrovalo celkový výpadok transpondéru. Unfortunately, the FO-29 signals have not been picked up since then. Currently, only two linear satellites are operational: VO-52 and AO-7.