[amsat-bb] GeoSat OSCAR-2024 Positive comments, no whining....(Was need HEO..please..)

[Michelle Thompson]

Thank you for the positive thread.

Open Research Institute received news today about an additional $15,000
grant. This will help pay for work on GEO/HEO/Lunar payload transmit chain.

This brings the Phase 1 fundraising total to $65,000.

All of the work product is donated without charge to the general public.
This means primarily AMSAT and ARISS/AREx.

ORI has started on Phase 2 fundraising. The goal is $400,000 and will
finance multiple end-to-end engineering models.

Phase 3 is space-rated hardware.

Phase 4 is any costs related to any launch.

There is a path forward. Yes it's hard, but it's not impossible. Besides,
things worth doing are rarely easy!

-Michelle W5NYV




On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 12:54 PM Joe Leikhim via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Ok ;
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> Now that I have your attention; I want this to be a positive thread. If
> it goes somewhere it provides a selling tool for potential stakeholders,
> donors, commercial entities, etc.
>
> There are 3,440 members of AMSAT, not huge by any means. ARRL has
> 161,000 members.
>
> Add some of the other groups, AMRAD, SVHFS, AMRAD, TAPR,  any others?
>
> Sure there is some overlap, but those members will be more likely to
> contribute.  How many would contribute to a GEO program? 35,000? if the
> average were $300, if collected over 4 years, a small amount.
> $10,500,000. The project would have to be well spelled out and provide
> interest to a wide number of experimenters. The funds would have to be
> earmarked for the project.
>
> Can we leverage on huge success of the QO-100???
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> The Spacecraft; A commercial ride along. This would solve a lot of
> problems such as:
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>  1. Orbital Debris Mitigation
>  2. Solar Power
>  3. Redundancy
>  4. Thermal Control
>  5. Longevity
>
> (Please feel free to add problems _solved_. Lets be positive for once)
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> The transponder:
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>  1. Qatar-OSCAR 100 design sure seems achievable! It is proven to
>     Amateur and commercial community. When can we sign the order?
>  2. 2.4 GHz S band uplink 10 GHz X band downlink
>  3. Bent pipe VS digital argument:  Why not do both?  NB side stays
>     analog, WB side digital like P4XT proposal
>
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> Who benefits:?
>
>  1. Most importantly, boomers like me who have SSB equipment need only
>     to build one or two transporters. Not really that hard.
>  2. Newbies techs who want to experiment and communicate digitally
>  3. SAR and EM teams can actually have 365/24/7 emergency satellite
>     transponders both analog and digital without the huge monthly outlay.
>  4. Universities, ARISS, etc can up link from LEO satellites and ISS via
>     OSCAR-2024 to simple ground stations. Uplink Doppler could be
>     controlled by having those space terminals monitor a polling/beacon
>     from a ground station and adjusting accordingly. Similarly
>     experiments deployed in jungles can use the satellite. With
>     coordination and MOU with Qatar-OSCAR 100, both satellites and
>     hemispheres could each benefit from a wider footprint of both
>     satellites.
>  5. AMSAT ARRL, AMRAD, SVHFS, AMRAD, TAPREtc through increased interest
>     in satellites, digital experimentation and ham radio in general
>  6. Commercial entities gaining recognition by providing in-kind
>     services. Elon Musk SpaceX, etc.
>
> Who else benefits? Those who benefit will donate. Again _positive
> _comments right now. Problems can be fixed later.
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> --
> Joe Leikhim
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