[amsat-bb] Re: How satellites could 'sail' home

[Trevor .]

Alternatively commercial satellites could incorporate an Amateur Radio payload that would work on solar power only and thus extend the mission life for 35 or more years.

There is an opportunity for Amateurs here. 

73 Trevor M5AKA

--- On Mon, 4/5/09, Tony Langdon <vk3jed at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed at gmail.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: How satellites could 'sail' home
> To: kg4zlb at gmail.com, "amsat bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Date: Monday, 4 May, 2009, 12:14 AM
> At 02:00 AM 5/4/2009, David - KG4ZLB
> wrote:
> 
> > >From "Auntie" (or the BBC for anyone not from
> England!)
> ><http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8029899.stm>
> 
> Hehe, that could get confusing for us, as we call our ABC
> (Aussie 
> equivalent of the BBC) "Auntie". :)
> 
> 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
> http://vkradio.com
> 
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