[amsat-bb] Strange orbit

[Paul Andrews]

O3B satellites are part of the 'Other 3 Billion" constellation and will
provide high speed Internet access to the 3 Billion people that live along
the Earth's equator.  These are not amateur satellites. They are also not
direct to consumer - they are high speed back haul to special satellite
terminals.  I believe they are owned and operated by SES of Luxembourg.
They maybe good targets for tracking strong signals.

More info here:  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O3b_(satellite)

73 - Paul - W2HRO

On Mar 11, 2018 15:22, "Pedro Converso" <pconver at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yesterday some not ham satellites were launched, classified as O3Bxx.
>
> They have equatorial 7800 Km height orbits, with amazing coverage.
>
> Take a look at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm?satx=43232 and click on icon
> to
> see coverage.
>
> Wish some day we hams could have that kind of orbit.
>
> 73, LU7ABF, Pedro
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