[amsat-bb] Re: Indian high-orbit satellite?

[Bob McGwier]

Some people misread my poor prose as blaming Europe and NA for ITAR.  I 
was commenting on Hamsat II requesting HEO and if they get a ride from 
ISRO,  it will be good for amateur radio but reflects badly on the rest 
of us who have had multiple programs over more than a decade with no 
success at all to show for it.

ONLY THEN do I introduce ITAR and indeed, the USA is 100% culpable for 
this mess.  But what do you expect from a country that elects  a chimp 
mime of his handlers twice?

Bob


Bob McGwier wrote:
> We should be ashamed of ourselves in NA and Europe for not having 
> figured out the key to unlock the door,  but having been there until 
> my retirement from active office holder, I can tell you it was not for 
> lack of trying.
>
> We have an essentially COMPLETE Phase 3E sitting on the shelf, looking 
> for a way to get up.  We had a ride to geo with the outstreched hand  
> waiting for  O(10^7) dollars.  We need to either break the logjam or 
> start sending money to AMSAT India if this will get the job done.
>
> My real fear is the singular lack of experience in dealing with 
> propulsion,  attitude control WITHOUT propulsion at in HEO,  and Van 
> Allen radiation belts.   I would be happy to tell them all about it 
> except the BLOODY Itar rules that have not stopped a single adversary 
> from getting the technology they need, has truly magnified the cost 
> and difficulty of export our satellites (so others build them 
> instead), would send me to jail for helping.
>
> Bob
> N4HY
>
>
>
> Bruce Robertson wrote:
>> The AMSAT India newsletter has some great news: their proposal for
>> Hamsat II requests that ISRO provide an elliptical or MEO orbit!
>> Moreover, they're also asking for space on a geosynchronous bird. I
>> suppose the latter would not necessarily benefit those of us in North
>> America, but it would provide a fine emergency service to Asian
>> regions and provide a pioneering example for other AMSAT groups.
>>
>> 73, Bruce
>> VE9QRP
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