[amsat-bb] PSAT3 Launch CANCELED

[Robert Bruninga]

Well, 4 days from Shipping PSAT3 to Kodiak for launch, the launch has been
canceled.

The launch was part of the DARPA LAUNCH CHALLENGE:
https://darpalaunchchallenge.org/index.html

The challenege (and $10m prize) was for any launch provider to deliver a
rocket with only 30 days notice of what payloads they would have and where
they would launch from.  And then to do it again only 30 days later.  We
were on the second launch.

But on 2 March the third attempt by the launch provider was scrubbed at
T-9 minutes and was not resolved until the launch window (and DARPA
challenge deadline) had passed.  Therefore the CHALLENGE is over, there
was no winner, and we lost the launch.

So, if anyone hears of a rocket that needs a CUBESAT PPOD backup
replacement, we have one:
http://aprs.org/psat3.html

And I get my life (nights and weekends) back!

Bob, WB4APR