[amsat-bb] Re: dream your own sat

[Joe]

Ion Drive,

Just kidding!

Joe WB9SBD

Trevor . wrote:

>The recently launched TerreStar-1 is designed to provides emergency comms capability 
>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2009/terrestar_1_launched.htm 
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>The basic problem is that Amateurs want linear transponder satellites in orbits above 1400 km in order to provide reasonable DX opportunities and pass times greater than 20 minutes. But "cheap" launches only seem to be available for 500-800 km orbits, so we need to find a way to increase the orbit of say a triple-cubesat from 700 km to 1400 km using a non-combustive technology so as not to upset the cheap launch provider. 
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>Providing the radio communications is by comparison a trival exercise it's finding a means (solar powered thrusters ?) to increase orbital height that's the tricky part. 
>
>73 Trevor M5AKA
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>--- On Sun, 5/7/09, John B. Stephensen <kd6ozh at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>From: John B. Stephensen <kd6ozh at comcast.net>
>>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: dream your own sat
>>To: kc6uqh at cox.net, "'rupert red'" <rupert.red at live.it>, amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>Date: Sunday, 5 July, 2009, 9:54 PM
>>The problem is that amateur radio
>>doesn't significantly reduce the cost of a 
>>satellite. Any interest by the Red Cross would not be in
>>the satellite but 
>>in human volunteers that might come with it. Unfortunately,
>>the LEO 
>>satellites that hams can afford generate little interest in
>>this forum.
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>>73,
>>
>>John
>>KD6OZH
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Art McBride" <kc6uqh at cox.net>
>>To: "'rupert red'" <rupert.red at live.it>;
>><amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 19:00 UTC
>>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: dream your own sat
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>>>Rupert,
>>>I think that is a fair assumption on your part, but
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>>only because the are 
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>>>no
>>>new ideas being presented that have commercial
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>>potential that can use
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>>>Amateur Radio as an inexpensive to proof of concept.
>>>In the present Amateur Radio community only Emergency
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>>Communications is
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>>>getting the publicity. Perhaps FEMA or the Red Cross
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>>might help pay for an
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>>>emergency communication satellite otherwise it is
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>>LEO's forever!
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>>>Art, KC6UQH
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org
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>>[mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org]
>>On
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>>>Behalf Of rupert red
>>>Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 4:47 AM
>>>To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>>Subject: [amsat-bb] dream your own sat
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>>>
>>>Hallo all...
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>>>from a while I'm hearing about MANY different and
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>>interesting satellite
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>>>solutions...
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>>>LEO, MEO, HEO, GEO... MOON !!!
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>>>The problem is only ONE !
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>>>Amateur radio community has no money for this project,
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>>and will never 
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>>>have!
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>>>Amsat & Co will never be able to collect
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>>millions.... I red on this bb 
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>>>that
>>>hams has no money for an expensive ground station...
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>>then how can they 
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>>>send
>>>many money to Amsat?
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>>>Public and private organizations all over the world
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>>have not an high
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>>>consideration of hams, and will never invest founds
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>>for them.
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>>>The conclusion is only ONE... we will never see a new
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>>oscar satellite in 
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>>>the
>>>sky (at least some student's cube).
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>>>Let's all dream together guys.
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>>>Best 73 Rupert
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