[amsat-bb] FCC and Satellite Size

[Paul Stoetzer]

The denied application was for transmissions in the 137 MHz Space
Operations Service band.

The orbits are 505 km x 490 km, inclined 97.55 degrees. They are
cataloged by Space-Track (see objects 43139 - 43142), indicating at
least the ability to track them at some points.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Joe N3XLS via AMSAT-BB
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> 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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