[amsat-bb] Inmarsat & AVI's Satellite Data-Relay Service (and APRS)

[Robert Bruninga]

> Interesting concept of GEO and LEO integration.
> http://www.space.com/35801-satellite-data-relay-service-exit
s-stealth-mode.html
<http://www.space.com/35801-satellite-data-relay-service-exits-stealth-mode.html>

For what it is worth, APRS is doing something somewhat similar (but the
reverse) on Ham radio (and of course, free)....

We have a Ham APRS channel on 3 GEO Inmarsat birds giving us outbound
delivery everywhere on Earth with a simple raspberry pi receiver (except
upper alaska)  Then we use the 3 APRS LEO satellites to give the return
channel to any ham anwyere on earth with his APRS handheld radio.

A neat system, ... though, looking for an application .... as usuall ;-)

See http://aprs.org/outnet.html

Bob, WB4APR