Alternatively commercial satellites could incorporate an Amateur Radio payload that would work on solar power only and thus extend the mission life for 35 or more years.
There is an opportunity for Amateurs here.
73 Trevor M5AKA
--- On Mon, 4/5/09, Tony Langdon [email protected] wrote:
From: Tony Langdon [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: How satellites could 'sail' home To: [email protected], "amsat bb" [email protected] Date: Monday, 4 May, 2009, 12:14 AM At 02:00 AM 5/4/2009, David - KG4ZLB wrote:
From "Auntie" (or the BBC for anyone not from
England!)
Hehe, that could get confusing for us, as we call our ABC (Aussie equivalent of the BBC) "Auntie". :)
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
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