[amsat-bb] Geo p4

[Michael R. Lengruesser]

Not only that the Qatari have donated space and power.
Qatar also  has taken over the costs for the transponder, which is built
by Mitsubishi Electronics, as the satellite. We really wanted to build
the transponder, but for the first P4 project, Qatar and we decided to
build the transponder by Meco according to our specifications, otherwise
there would have been a problem with certification, integration and safety.
Hopefully for the next Qatari Geo Sat, if the project is successful, we
can build the next transponder itself.

73s

Michael R. Lengruesser, DD5ER

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Am 15. Okt. 2017 um 04:36 schrieb Paul Stoetzer:
> Es’HailSat is a Qatari satellite. They donated space and power on their
> satellite. That’s worth millions of dollars.
> 
> No one else has donated that to the amateur radio community. We wish they
> would, but it seems we’ll need to raise millions of dollars to do it over
> the Western Hemisphere.
> 
> Keep in mind that total donations worldwide for Phase 3D were around $4
> million. That was collected over more than a decade and worldwide. The
> amateur community has shown no ability to raise the millions of dollars
> necessary for a Phase 3 or Phase 4 satellite.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Paul, N8HM
> 
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 19:51 Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:
> 
>> So I watched the amsat-uk talks
>>
>> A rich ham radio guy is splurging on a geo satellite and the germans are
>> driving it
>>
>> What happened USA ?
>>
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