[amsat-bb] I'm dreaming of a Medium Earth Orbit.......

[Jim Sanford]

Would be nice.
Internet CAN work in geo-synchronous orbit.  That is how I access the 
internet.  650 - 900 msec latency (based on ping data), but doesn't 
really matter.  VOIP might be entertaining, but it can be handled.  
Anybody who's used a satellite phone knows about and the adjustment 
isn't that hard.

73,
Jim
wb4gcs at amsat.org

On 12/22/2014 3:01 PM, Jerry Buxton wrote:
> Could anyone get pricing for this, please?
>
> Jerry Buxton, NØJY
>
> On 12/22/2014 08:37, David G0MRF wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Did anyone see the Soyuz launch from Arianespace a few days ago and 
>> think how nice it would be to have an amateur radio satellite 
>> somewhere above LEO ?
>>
>> Interestingly, the launch of 3 communication satellites providing 
>> internet services to remote areas, was to an altitude around 8000km. 
>> - An unusual destination.
>> Apparently the 'latency' or time delay on signals from 36,000km is 
>> too high for an internet service, whereas the number of satellites 
>> needed for a constellation at LEO is too many.
>>
>> The company O3B  (Other 3 Billion) decided that MEO at 8000km which 
>> is between the 2 Van Allen belts answered their needs.
>>
>>
>> http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/18/soyuzo3b-launch-timeline/
>>
>> For the launch, the satellites were mounted on a cylindrical launch 
>> adaptor, (see pics in link) the inner part of which looks an ideal 
>> place for a 3U cubesat secondary payload.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be nice to get something up to that altitude with Omni 
>> antennas, or a gravity gradient boom with a simple beam and about 4 
>> Watts output !
>> A leisurely 5 orbits a day with Paris to California routine......... 
>> http://g0mrf.com/MEOSAT.htm
>>
>> Oh well, back to dreaming of a white Christmas
>>
>> Seasons greetings
>>
>> David  G0MRF
>>
>>
>>
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