[amsat-bb] HEO/Elliptical [was: AMSAT-NA solution: DX (HEO) to attract more interest and revenue]

[Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW]

I know we currently have AMSAT-DL's P3E sitting in storage in Germany.
Perhaps some day we can find a good opportunity under the government to fly
P3E with a bunch of experiments for them like what AMSAT found under the
Virginia Tech P3E opportunity in 2015 which dident happen because they
wanted us to pay 4M to insure on time integration. I do think advocating
that it can be used for emergency communications and for flying their
experiments could definitely help us find a rare opportunity in that
Molniya type orbit. I assume that the de-orbiting could possibly be done
with its Kicker Motor? Ultimately, we are under the mercy of the launch
providers and government regulations. I do think that with hard work from
our wonderful AMSAT volunteers, we can get back to HEO/GEO at soon. Also
the work on Phase 4 ground has been wonderful. I wish the best fpr Phase 4
project and the GOLF program.

73, Nick KE8AKW