David,
Something to put on the To Do List. There is a great deal of experience on that team, and it shows in how fast they are able to move to reach initial operational capability. Alan WA4SCA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 12:55 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Congrats to SpaceX In a message dated 09/12/2010 13:37:06 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: According to a report I saw from the NSS, they also deployed 4 CubeSats. Not a useful orbit for us, but a sign of good things to come. Alan WA4SCA Hi Alan. If they waited until the second stage had been removed from LEO, those cubesats would have had an apogee of 11,000km A very nice orbit......if it could be circularised to avoid the radiation belts. Thanks David G0MRF _______________________________________________ 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
