[amsat-bb] Re: Geostationary Satellites

[Lowell White]

Short answer: Money. They are much more expensive than the little LEO's,
CubeSat's, etc.

73, 

Lowell
K9LDW


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Received: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:27:53 PM CDT
From: "ka9qjg" <ka9qjg at wowway.com>
To: <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Geostationary Satellites

> Hello Hope Everyone is doing Well, I know people say no such thing as a
dumb
> question So here goes What is the reason We do not have any Type of
> geostationary Satellites. Is it because they are for World Wide Use and If
> stationary one could Hit it 24/7 and Maybe park there butt on it and Run a
> Beam and Amp and take it over 
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> Thanks 
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> 73 De Don KA9QJG
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