[amsat-bb] Re: Two Questions

[Trevor .]

> the "2015 time frame" might be beyond my chicken little date 
> so I wonder if there are there any LEO linear sats in the works 
> in other parts of the world.

AMSAT-ZL are working on a 435/145 MHz linear transponder sat, see 
http://www.kiwisat.org/ 

AMSAT-UK are developing FUNcube-1 with a 435/145 linear transponder and supplying a set of FUNcube boards (with transponder) for the UK Space Agency satellite UKUBE-1 slated for launch in 2012.

73 Trevor M5AKA