Trevor . wrote:
Can't remember if this link has been posted before
http://www.iss-reshetnev.com/?cid=news&nid=136
It's concerning Yubileiniy-2 which is slated for a December 28 launch into a 1400 km orbit. It mentions Aerospace Vehicle Laboratory ROSTO providing the radio system, didn't they also do RS-15 ?
The first Yubileiniy used 435 MHz.
73 Trevor M5AKA
It's always a possibility Trevor, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. There are other similar satellites that I've seen reference to being in development, but other than using 145/435 for command and control, I've seen no reference to an open two-way package.
For what it may be worth, last year as part of the AMSAT-NA Engineering Task Force, I approached Eurockot about availability of a secondary launch to a high LEO. Rokot launches out of Plesetsk routinely go to that type of orbit for Kosmos and Gonets launches, and indeed Yubileiniy-1 was on one of these. The answer was far from encouraging.
73, Drew KO4MA