[amsat-bb] Re: 'Zombie-sat' and the clever orbital dance

[Greg D.]

Ah, I knew it couldn't be so simple.  Thanks for the insight into this aspect of satellite construction and operation.

Greg  KO6TH


> From: wejones at eskerridge.com
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 09:35:54 -0400
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 'Zombie-sat' and the clever orbital dance
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> On 25 May 2010 at 19:36, Greg D. wrote:
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> > 
> > I wonder...  Has anyone at SES considered just turning off their transmitter,
> > while Galaxy-15 crosses their path, and using it instead?
> > 
>  
> G-15 and AMC-11 are opposite polarity, and most of the AMC-11 transponders are 
> pretty wide, and the main carrier freq of each transponder is right at the null 
> between the transponders on G-15.  It should work on narrow signals that don't 
> have carriers at the nulls, but I don't think it would work for most of the wide 
> transponders. 
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