[amsat-bb] Phase 4B

[Paul Stoetzer]

If we could afford to pay astronauts to assemble a HEO, then we could
afford to launch six of them to GTO without bothering.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
<kevin at eaglecreekobservatory.org> wrote:
> I'd be happy with another AO-40 style bird that worked as advertized.  Given
> that there is always the possibility of something going wrong along the way
> I was sorely disappointed that it happened to THIS one.  I'm sure that
> someday AMSAT will give us a long period orbit bird, standing by -- antennas
> dusted off...  It would be nice, but probably not practical given the huge
> workload of the ISS crew, that they could send the major parts up in
> sections and have it assembled there and then pushed out the airlock to be
> launched.  Yes, I know "Welcome to Fantasy Island!"
>
> Kevin, WB5RUE
> I am Voltohn of Borg, resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> McGwier
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 12:16 PM
> To: amsat bb
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Phase 4B
>
> Neglect the "First geosynchronous" article. I did not write it and it is
> like all mistakes, firmly in archives and not fixable.
>
> http://www.hume.vt.edu/geo/
>
> 73s
> Bob
>
>
> --
> Bob McGwier
> Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc
> Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia
> Tech Chief Scientist:  The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security
> and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty
> Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT
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