7 Jun
2011
7 Jun
'11
3:45 p.m.
When you reminded us on your APRS website, I came across this paper: http://www.aprs.org/psat/AMSAT-2010c.doc describing a launch in 2011.
The launch opportunity went away. We are back on the list looking for a new ride. Nothing in site...
Now we are working on a tether sat, and I proposed using the long tether as an HF antenna, but once the tether deploys, the drag will be so great that the tethersats will deorbit in only a day or two, and so this idea is not getting a lot of traction.
Bob, WB4APR