[amsat-bb] FCC and Satellite Size

[Joe N3XLS]

Are these things in a safe orbit?  What frequencies do they use?   I would hate for one if these .25U objects to hit one of our sats and completely wipe us out.
It seems from the two articles i read on this incident a bunch of people messed up. Including swarm not understanding the situation.
-------- Original message --------From: radiomb <radiomb at bellsouth.net> Date: 3/13/18  3:51 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] FCC and Satellite Size 
 Just saw this article. The FCC is the controlling agency for the size of a satellite? Not NASA or another agency of the government? Guess that is part of the process that AMSAT has to go thru to get a bird approved.
 Don't launch these tiny satellites, the FCC said. They're apparently in space anyway
  
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73 Mike K4MIA


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