On 3/29/14, Jerry Buxton <[email protected]> wrote: > When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be > published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been > developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings) > and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully > keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it > in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being as > JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they > can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily > just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they are > done with, their experiments. > Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA could > collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their > experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
<snip> Thanks. I'll pass this on to the group. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ 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
