[amsat-bb] Secondary mission ideas

[JoAnne K9JKM]

The AMSAT-ID usage of IO-86 for scouts, etc. brought to mind another use of
the proposed payload. What if it was possible to build in a STEM aspect such
the usage of the FUNcubes which are planned for use by education programs
during the day - and, then available for amateur radio usage when the
satellite is in eclipse (assuming there are no school kids since it's before
or after school when it's dark outside).

Of course that means that besides the engineers and operations people
getting the satellite up there we'd need folks on the ground to create the
STEM mission. I've heard of a future AMSAT Youth Initiative on the table and
this might be a platform for that program to take off ... so to speak.

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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org