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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/JXIQZXGKJOCXI4JJ7KDWOPU3QNBDMI5Z/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "JXIQZXGKJOCXI4JJ7KDWOPU3QNBDMI5Z", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/ZPHSZJAS5IYK7GHXO7XQ2CMOJQA2PEEF/", "sender": { "address": "broberts (a) mta.ca", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Bruce Robertson", "subject": "[amsat-bb] An optimistic viewpoint on HEO", "date": "2007-12-12T00:15:20Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/2O4AH3QOLSBK44S6MEGNBEVWYN3TIG5A/", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Quoting \"Rick Hambly (W2GPS)\" <[email protected]>:\n\n> Jeff,\n> \n> Just to clarify two points in your message. A cheap launch may cost\n> over\n> $6M, not just $1M.\n> \n> The Phase 4 rideshare opportunity is a simplified Eagle, not a new\n> project.\n> Thus it is easier to build than Eagle and the only effect on the Eagle\n> project is a realignment of project priorities, putting an emphasis on\n> the\n> communications modules. The overall Eagle project could still continue\n> if we\n> so desire.\n\nGang:\n\nIt has been apparent to me for some time that the missing part of the\nequation has been launch opportunities. If the board has made progress\ntoward securing some sort of HEO orbit for our payloads, this is not a\ndiversion of their efforts; rather it brings us closer to our goal of\ncommunicating over wide distances using traditional (U/V SSB) and novel\n(advanced digital package) modes. I have to say that even though I've not\nattended the Symposium, I feel properly informed about these things.\n\nSecondly, it should be noted that the team working with SSETI to provide\nS-band communications on SSETI ESEO have also found a means to launch\namateur packages to HEO: namely, by supporting government-funded\neducational projects. Though the result will probably have a less-powerful\nsignal than AO-13 et al., we should include this in our discussion of\nfuture HEO amateur capabilities and applaud them for their resourcefulness.\n\nFinally, it's time to start getting excited about Delfi-C3. The PSLV launch\nwindow is 7 - 10 January for this large cubesat whose comm package will,\nafter it completes its experiments, be turned over to amateur use in mode\nU/V. If you miss the challenge of HEO communication, why not apply your\nstation to collecting data for Delfi-C3 and then enjoying the QRP satellite\ncommunication through this bird? By doing so, we will prove to those who\nare developing educational birds that by collaborating with amateurs they\nstand to gain a great deal in data collection. \n\n73, Bruce \nVE9QRP\n", "attachments": [] }