[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: Launch your own satellite for only eight grand

[Mark Spencer]

The PDF on their web site also mentions at 420 to 480 mhz radio option with a 500 mw output which might be somewhat more usefull (although the voltage requirements of this radio seem different than the sattelite can provide ?)

http://interorbital.com/Downloads/TubeSat%20Sales%20Brochure%20Publish%201.0.pdf



----- Original Message ----
From: W4ART Arthur Feller <afeller at ieee.org>
To: Mark Thompson <wb9qzb_groups at yahoo.com>
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 4:43:56 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: Launch your own satellite for only eight grand

Hi, Mark,

The 902-928 MHz is not available for space stations in any radio  
service.  2400 to 2450 MHz is available to the amateur-satellite  
service.  However, many of the example projects appear unrelated to  
radio or may be commercial in nature, so they may not qualify for the  
amateur-satellite service.

Wi-Fi equipment operates at very low power and relies upon provisions  
in the radio regulations allowing administrations to use frequencies  
for any purpose, provided they don't cause interference to stations  
operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations.  Low  
power in this band fits the bill very nicely for short range use; not  
for space operations.  Timing issues may also apply.

Some good frequency planning is in order.

73, art.....
W4ART  Arlington, VA

On 5-Aug-2009, at 3:52 PM, Mark Thompson wrote:

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: djmullen tds.net <djmullen at tds.net>
> To: BARS <bars at cs.wisc.edu>; Joe <joe at dzsp.org>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 11:46 pm
> Subject: [BARS] $8000 to launch a satellite?
>
>
> Here's an interesting article from The Register:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/tube_sat/
>
> Launch your own satellite for only eight grand
> Prospective world domination candidates apply here
> By Bill Ray • Get more from this author
> Posted in Telecoms, 4th August 2009 14:59 GMT
> Interorbital Systems is offering your own orbiting satellite for  
> only $8,000, including launch, though evil geniuses might balk at  
> the expected 2-week lifespan before a fiery re-entry.
>
> The plan is to launch 32 of the diminutive TubeSats into low earth  
> orbit, around 310Km up, using a single Neptune 30 launcher (under  
> development by=2 0Interorbital). The Neptune 30 will time release  
> the TubeSats into orbits that decay within a few weeks, after which  
> they'll burn up re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.
>
> The cost of each one is $8,000, though you'll have to pay up front  
> to guarantee a launch slot, and put the satellite together yourself  
> from the supplied kit. Stil, at least Interorbital Systems accepts  
> PayPal.
>
> Fitting a doomsday machine into the 13.5cm long TubeSat, which is  
> only 8.7cm wide, will challenge plans for world domination, but that  
> will be where the "genius" comes into play.
>
> The company suggests you might use your TubeSat for everything from  
> "Earth-from-space video imaging" to "private e-mail" or "On-orbit  
> advertising", though we're not sure what the audience figures would  
> be for the latter. More realistically, buyers might like to bounce  
> amateur radio signals off their own bird, or try experiments within  
> orbital conditions.
>
> The radio aboard the TubeSat will operate at 902-928MHz or  
> 2.4-2.4835GHz, the latter being ideal for Wi-Fi, as well as covering  
> the bands allocated for amateur satellite operations - allowing Hams  
> to fly even if pigs can't. Full specifications are available from  
> Interorbital (pdf).
>
> Not that professionals will be allowed to buy TubeSats: "The listed  
> price is not valid for military, governmental, or large corporate  
> entities. Members of these organizations should contact Interorbital  
> Systems if interested in purchasing a TubeSat".
>
> Interorbital Systems has some form in space operations. It was a  
> competitor in the X-Prize, and has entered Google's Lunar X-Prize to  
> retrieve a bit of the moon. More practically, the company has been  
> testing engines in the Mojave desert, but the TubeSat launches  
> planned for next year will be the first time the company has flown a  
> bird, even a small one. ®
>
>
>
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