Luc Leblanc wrote: > As they said "TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches > are expected to begin in December of 2010." Probably the replacing > solution for our aging AMSAT-NA satellite fleet? Anyone with 8000$ > can own his own satellite let me guess in a couple of years the same > repeater frenzy will also reach the amateur satellite world. No more > need of club or organization or IARU frequencies coordination . The > perfect world...
You missed the sentence before that one: "After operating for a few months (the exact length of time on orbit is dependent on solar activity), they will safely re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up." Not a very good platform for an amateur radio satellite. Unless you want to burn $32K/year/satellite. Also questionable since the tubesat is a smaller package then a single cubesat. -- Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
