[amsat-bb] FCC and Satellite Size

[Paul Stoetzer]

They were all deployed on the same launch and if they're all the same
size and mass, they won't drift too far apart.

It seems these are more a proof of concept than an operational satellite system.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 9:29 PM, Joe N3XLS via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> N2yo shows them, they are really close all in the same orbit like a train. What are they doing with them so close together?
> -------- Original message --------From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> Date: 3/13/18  5:04 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Joe N3XLS <n3xls at yahoo.com> Cc: radiomb <radiomb at bellsouth.net>, Amsat BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FCC and Satellite Size
> The denied application was for transmissions in the 137 MHz Space
> Operations Service band.
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> 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.
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> 73,
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> Paul, N8HM
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> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Joe N3XLS via AMSAT-BB
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> 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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