[amsat-bb] Re: Geostationary Satellites

[myles landstein]

I am 300million  short and have no experience raising capital,  but if (and I guess there isn't any way  for hams  to raise 300mil),  there was,  I'd volunteer to do as much as I could ... 

 Maybe that means  soldering boards all night, or  passing out  a tin cup for donations ....    

but I'd do what I could...as a volunteer  

maybe one day  something will make going  geo possible <shrugs>  

Was that   estimated 300mil for  the entire  bird?  Would it be less   to just be a package  (perhaps of a few) on a commercial sat?

N2EHG




On Oct 10, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Jim Jerzycke wrote:

> Numbers for just the cost of an Amateur payload, or numbers for the whole satellite?
> 
> A 'typical' satellite costs from 150 million to 300 million, depending on what hardware it carries.
> 
> The cost of a launch to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit ranges from 95 million to 150 million depending on the launch provider.
> 
> Jim  KQ6EA
> 
> On 10/10/2011 10:41 PM, Tom Schaefer, NY4I wrote:
>> Has anyone run the numbers? Are we talking 20 million, 100 million?
>> 
>> Let's see, there are at best 5000 satellite ops. So, if it cost $20,000,000 we are each in it for $4000. I'm game. Now to convince 4999 of my friends. :)
>> 
>> Seriously, you think it gets boring talking to us same guys on AO-51 each day? Try that for a giant repeater in space. That would be wide area. I know we hear that something like P3D would just cost too much, but this is a lot of dough to talk to friends across the country at drive time. The wider orbits make for more interesting conversations. Not that I don;t want to talk to you every day :)
>> 
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
>> Tom Schaefer, NY4I
>> ny4i at arrl.net
>> EL88pb
>> Monitoring EchoLink node KJ4FEC-L 489389
>> DSTAR Capable  APRS: NY4I-15
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 10, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
>> 
>>> 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-----
>>> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>>> Behalf Of ka9qjg
>>> 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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