[amsat-bb] GTO opportunity

[Howie DeFelice]

At the Satellite2014 conference in Washington D.C. this year I floated an idea past a couple of the major GEO satellite operators for a hosted payload that consisted of a 1.2 GHz receiver package that used the low end of an existing C band global beam transponder (3.4 GHz.) as the downlink. I didn't get laughed at or dismissed and even got indications that "maybe" this could be done with a one time fee. 

That said, I think the success of many of the very small satellites, like $50sat, demonstrates that with a distributed team collectively working to a well defined mission a Cubesat HEO is possible. 


- Howie, AB2S 

> From: g.shirville at btinternet.com
> To: n8hm at arrl.net
> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:19:35 +0100
> CC: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] GTO opportunity
> 
> Many thanks Paul, I will have a good look at it!
> 
> 73
> 
> Graham
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Paul Stoetzer
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 11:45 AM
> To: Graham Shirville
> Cc: AMSAT BB
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] GTO opportunity
> 
> Graham,
> 
> Dan Schultz, N8FGV, gave a presentation at the AMSAT Symposium last
> year entitled "Cubesats in HEO - A Challenging Mission for AMSAT." A
> copy of the presentation is located here:
> http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/AMSAT-NA_Symposium2013/Schultz_CubeSats_in_HEO.pdf
> 
> 73,
> 
> Paul, N8HM
> 
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Graham Shirville
> <g.shirville at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I know that this subject is a very “old chestnut” but I came across this 
> > website earlier today http://spaceflightservices.com/
> >
> > You can see, perhaps for the first time?, a list of opportunities and 
> > pricing structures.
> >
> > I have been pondering :
> >
> > Whether a 3U CubeSat to GTO could be funded by the community
> > Whether it would have enough power for attitude control and a sufficiently 
> > powerful transponder
> > Whether it could have deployable antennas as well as solar panels? 
> > Combined?
> >
> > and, of course, lots more questions come to mind.
> >
> > This could make the subject of an interesting debate/discussion at the 
> > upcoming AMSAT-UK Colloquium at the end of the month?
> >
> > I am looking forward to it already!
> >
> > best 73
> >
> > Graham
> > G3VZV
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