One hard and fast rule in the space launch industry: Everyone remembers a launch failure, no one will remember a launch delay.
Delays suck, it's a hell of a lot better than blowing up. The launch industry is largely binary, you either fully succeed or fail. This is at least the perspective of the vehicle providing the ride :D Bryce KB1LQC On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:23 AM, M5AKA <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given that Fox-1 is the first amateur satellite designed for it's > batteries to eventually die, > > we should give it the opportunity! > > > I know I'm being picky here but it's the first FM voice CubeSat to be > designed for operation after battery failure. DO-64 (Delfi-C3) has always > been operating without batteries and FUNcube-1 is designed to operate after > battery failure. > > Sadly launch slips are a fact of life, even if you're paying top dollar as > primary payload you can still have launch slips. Any launch dates quoted > are the earliest possible date but actual launch may be many months or in > some cases even years later. > > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
