[amsat-bb] Re: old satellites

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

If they can afford to carry a kilo of amateur radio gear then they could have carried an extra kilo of fuel and extended 
the useful lifetime.
You're not onto a winner there.


w7lrd at comcast.net wrote:
> clever thinking Dave.  There some "experts" on this BB that know the answer
> 73 Bob W7LRD
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> From: David - KG4ZLB 
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> To: Hans Johnson 
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> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
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> Sent: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:28:00 +0000 (UTC)
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> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: old satellites
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> I was reading about the newly launched GOCE satellite and the fact that 
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> its mission will end when its 40kg tank empties - that of course may be 
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> a long time coming but as it has an S band transmitter, could this not 
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> be tweaked for us once the mission is complete?
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> And thinking further, for these satellites could amateur radio gear be 
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> carried so that it could be activated once the main mission is complete? 
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> Doing this over a number of years would provide a ready made supply of 
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> new birds over a period of time.
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> I suppose logistics and cost will be the factor but its an idea and 
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> would give us at least something!
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