[amsat-bb] Re: Geostationary Satellites

[jmfranke]

There is also the issue that the commercial operator wants the Earth facing 
side of the satellite for their antennas. It is hard to find room for 
amateur band antennas. We ran into this problem while trying to get NASA 
payloads a ride on commercial satellites.

John  WA4WDL

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From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE at UNITED.NET>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 5:50 PM
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Geostationary Satellites

> Don,
>
> Cost, which is enough to drop any other issues to noise level.  That is 
> the
> High Rent District, and given how much the commercial users pay, they 
> would
> not want to have an "amateur" satellite wandering around.  More 
> practically,
> it would be nice to have a package on a commercial satellite.  They 
> provide
> the power, pointing, and control.  We just provide the RF.  Again, cost,
> though we have been looking for the right opportunity.
>
> Another drawback is that a geosynch only provides coverage to _about_ a
> third of the earth, and it is always the same third.  Birds like AO-13 and
> AO-40 covered just about all of it over the space of a few days.  Did I
> mention cost?  It is fun to think about having 3 which could be linked for
> true global coverage.
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 4:23 PM
> 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
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> 73 De Don KA9QJG
>
>
>
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