[amsat-bb] Re: Vega to launch in February

[Bob- W7LRD]

We should have "something" sitting on the shelf "somewhere" just for these and whatever opportunities. 

73 W7LRD 



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From: tosca005 at umn.edu 
To: g0mrf at aol.com 
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org 
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:20:31 PM 
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Vega to launch in February 

David: 

You failed to quote the most fascinating part of the article: 

> The caution is well advised. Statistics show that some two-thirds of the 
  rockets introduced in the past 20 years have had an unsuccessful first 
outing. 
> 
> It is for this reason that the satellites carried on the "qualification" 
> flight have been given a free ride. 

OK, a 66% chance that our satellite would simply blow up, but a 33% chance 
that we could get a satellite a free ride into a polar orbit. Hmmm... Don't 
we have some hardware "sitting on the shelf" that we could offer up to the 
gods of maiden launches??? Like a linear transponder instead of a 
single-channel FM transponder? 

John, Amsat-NA LM #2292 
W0JT 

On Jan 10 2012, g0mrf at aol.com wrote: 

>FYI 
> 
>300 x 1450km 
> 
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16480111 
> 
> 
> 
 "Europe has named Thursday 9 February as the day it intends to launch its 
new Vega rocket for the very first time. 
>         
 The 30m-tall vehicle has been developed to take payloads up to 1.5 tonnes 
into a polar orbit, and will fly from the Kourou spaceport in French 
Guiana. 
>         
 The project has been led by Italian industry and is years behind on its 
original schedule......... 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>David  G0MRF 
> 
> 
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