[amsat-bb] Re: Messageboard Post

[Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ]

On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 19:33 +0000, John B. Stephensen wrote:
> ats in 800 km orbits have much lower launch costs. However, the vast 
> majority of members told AMSAT that they didn't want more LEO satellites 
> after AO-51. Perhaps small is better.

For the kind of money that cubesats cost, you could launch about a dozen
of them instead of one geosynchronous one.  That way you'd *always* have
a cubesat or two visible.  Add some sat-to-sat comms, and you're in
business.

Gordon