[amsat-bb] Re: Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space

[George Henry]

No solar cells = very short life.  It certainly won't still be transmitting 
when it reaches 3 million kilometers.  It also appears not to have a 
shutdown command receiver, which I thought was required of ALL satellites 
with downlink transmitters...


George, KA3HSW


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From: "M5AKA" <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:47 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space


> Students at the Tama Art University are planning to send a sculpture 
> ARTSAT2 DESPATCH along with a 435 MHz amateur radio payload into deep 
> space.
>
> http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/
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