[amsat-bb] Re: All Satellites

STeve Andre' andres at msu.edu
Fri Sep 25 13:05:09 PDT 2009


   I don't see it that way.

   Every project is a set of people who have participated in what is
at first something technical, then magical.  I have never talked
with someone who has worked on something going into space
that hasn't set back at some point and marveled at it.  How many
folks have we all done demos for, and heard "Wow......!" ?

   With the technology to get things into some kind of orbit 
coming down, its only reasonable to expect that more and more
organizations will make the attempt.  Some will get amateur
licenses just so they can to telemetry, but there is an interesting
effect there, which is that some of them stick around and 
become hams, as oposed to just being licensed.

I've met two people who were in some project and got licences,
and once they attended a Dayton Hamvention, they were hooked.
I've seen one of them several times now, at Dayton.

So sure, we offer cheap telemetry but the side effects are priceless.

--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf  en82


On Friday 25 September 2009 15:56:37 Rocky Jones wrote:
> The hamsat bands are slowly being converted into "cheap" telemetry bands...
>
> Robert WB5MZO
>
> > To: nigel at ngunn.net
> > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:31:40 -0800
> > From: k6yk at juno.com
> > CC: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: All Satellites
> >
> > I wonder how many of those 50  are able to handle
> > ham radio 2-way contacts ?
> >
> > K6YK
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:09:43 +0000 Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
> >
> > <nigel at ngunn.net> writes:
> > > Here's a list of all (known to me) satellites still in orbit with
> > > some designed in (but not necessarily operational)
> > > amateur band functionality.
> > >
> > > For those that think nothing has been happening recently, there have
> > > been 26 (so far) satellites launched this year, 13
> > > in 2008 and 11 in 2007. Thats 50 birds in less than the past 3
> > > years.
> > >
> > > Catalog Number        Common Name        International
> > > Designator        Comments
> > > 1293         OSCAR 3         1965-016F
> > > 6236         OSCAR 6         1972-082B
> > > 7530         OSCAR 7         1974-089B
> > > 10703         OSCAR 8         1978-026B
> > > 14129         OSCAR 10         1983-058B
> > > 14781         OSCAR 11 (UoSAT 2)         1984-021B
> > > 16909         JAS 1 (FUJI 1)         1986-061B
> > > 20437         OSCAR 14 (UoSAT 3)         1990-005B
> > > 20438         OSCAR 15 (UoSAT 4)         1990-005C
> > > 20439         OSCAR 16 (PACSAT)         1990-005D
> > > 20440         OSCAR 17 (DOVE)         1990-005E
> > > 20441         OSCAR 18 (WEBERSAT)         1990-005F
> > > 20442         OSCAR 19 (LUSAT)         1990-005G
> > > 20480         JAS 1B (FUJI 2)         1990-013C
> > > 21039         SL-12 R/B(1)         1990-116B
> > > 21087         INFORMATOR 1         1991-006A
> > > 21089         COSMOS 2123         1991-007A
> > > 21575         OSCAR 22 (UoSAT 5)         1991-050B
> > > 22825         KITSAT B         1993-061C
> > > 22826         POSAT 1         1993-061D
> > > 22828         ITAMSAT         1993-061F
> > > 22829         EYESAT A         1993-061G
> > > 23439         RADIO ROSTO         1994-085A
> > > 24278         JAS 2         1996-046B
> > > 24305         UNAMSAT         1996-052B
> > > 25396         TMSAT         1998-043C
> > > 25397         TECHSAT 1B         1998-043D
> > > 25509         SEDSAT 1         1998-061B
> > > 25520         PAN SAT         1998-064B
> > > 25544         ISS (ZARYA)         1998-067A
> > > 25636         SUNSAT         1999-008C
> > > 25693         OSCAR 36 (UoSAT 12)         1999-021A
> > > 25756         KITSAT 3         1999-029A
> > > 26063         OPAL         2000-004C
> > > 26545         SAUDISAT 1A         2000-057A
> > > 26548         TIUNGSAT 1         2000-057D
> > > 26609         AMSAT OSCAR 40         2000-072B
> > > 26931         PCSAT         2001-043C
> > > 26932         SAPPHIRE         2001-043D
> > > 27605         RUBIN 2         2002-058A
> > > 27607         SAUDISAT 1C         2002-058C
> > > 27842         DTUSAT         2003-031C
> > > 27844         CUTE-1         2003-031E
> > > 27845         QUAKESAT         2003-031F
> > > 27847         CANX-1         2003-031H
> > > 27848         CUBESAT XI-IV         2003-031J
> > > 27939         MOZHAYETS 4         2003-042A
> > > 28375         AMSAT ECHO         2004-025K
> > > 28650         HAMSAT         2005-017B
> > > 28890         BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA)         2005-043A
> > > 28891         TOPSAT         2005-043B
> > > 28892         UWE-1         2005-043C
> > > 28893         SINAH 1         2005-043D
> > > 28894         SSETI-EXPRESS         2005-043E
> > > 28895         CUBESAT XI-V         2005-043F
> > > 28897         SSETI-EXPRESS DEB         2005-043H
> > > 28898         MOZ.5/SAFIR/RUBIN 5/SL-8         2005-043G
> > > 28941         CUTE 1.7         2006-005C
> > > 29252         GENESIS 1         2006-029A
> > > 29479         HINODE (SOLAR B)         2006-041A
> > > 29655         GENESAT         2006-058C
> > > 29712         PEHUENSAT 1         2007-001D
> > > 31117         EGYPTSAT 1         2007-012A
> > > 31122         CSTB 1         2007-012F
> > > 31126         MAST         2007-012K
> > > 31128         LIBERTAD 1         2007-012M
> > > 31129         CP3         2007-012N
> > > 31130         CAPE 1         2007-012P
> > > 31132         CP4         2007-012Q
> > > 31135         AGILE         2007-013A
> > > 31140         NFIRE         2007-014A
> > > 31789         GENESIS 2         2007-028A
> > > 32781         GIOVE-B         2008-020A
> > > 32783         CARTOSAT 2A         2008-021A
> > > 32784         CANX-6         2008-021B
> > > 32785         CUTE 1.7 & AOD 2         2008-021C
> > > 32786         IMS-1         2008-021D
> > > 32787         COMPASS 1         2008-021E
> > > 32788         AAUSAT CUBESAT 2         2008-021F
> > > 32789         DELFI C3         2008-021G
> > > 32790         CANX-2         2008-021H
> > > 32791         SEEDS         2008-021J
> > > 32792         RUBIN 8/PSLV         2008-021K
> > > 32794         AMOS 3         2008-022A
> > > 32953         YUBILEINY         2008-025A
> > > 33492         GOSAT (IBUKI)         2009-002A
> > > 33493         PRISM (HITOMI)         2009-002B
> > > 33494         SPRITE-SAT (RISING)         2009-002C
> > > 33495         KAGAYAKI         2009-002D
> > > 33496         SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1)         2009-002E
> > > 33498         STARS (KUKAI)         2009-002G
> > > 33499         KKS-1 (KISEKI)         2009-002H
> > > 33595         EXPRESS AM-44         2009-007A
> > > 34808         ANUSAT         2009-019B
> > > 34941         PROTOSTAR 2         2009-027A
> > > 35002         PHARMASAT         2009-028B
> > > 35003         HAWKSAT 1         2009-028C
> > > 35004         CP6         2009-028D
> > > 35005         AEROCUBE 3         2009-028E
> > > 35008         MERIDIAN 2         2009-029A
> > > 35690         DRAGONSAT         2009-038B
> > > 35693         ANDE POLLUX SPHERE         2009-038E
> > > 35694         ANDE CASTOR SPHERE         2009-038F
> > > 35866         OBJECT B         2009-049B
> > > 35867         FREGAT/IRIS         2009-049C
> > > 35868         OBJECT D         2009-049D
> > > 35869         OBJECT E         2009-049E
> > > 35870         SUMBANDILA         2009-049F
> > > 35871         BLITS         2009-049G
> > > 35931         OCEANSAT 2         2009-051A
> > > 35932         OBJECT B         2009-051B
> > > 35933         OBJECT C         2009-051C
> > > 35934         OBJECT D         2009-051D
> > > 35935         OBJECT E         2009-051E
> > > 35936         RUBIN 9.1/RUBIN 9.2/PSLV         2009-051F
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nigel A. Gunn,  1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA.
> > > tel +1 937 825 5032
> > > Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF),  e-mail nigel at ngunn.net
> > >  www  http://www.ngunn.net
> > > Member of  ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548,  Flying Pigs
> > > QRP Club International #385,
> > >             Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691,  AMSAT-UK 0182,
> > > MKARS,  ALC, GCARES, XWARN.





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