If they can afford to carry a kilo of amateur radio gear then they could have carried an extra kilo of fuel and extended the useful lifetime. You're not onto a winner there.
w7lrd@comcast.net wrote:
clever thinking Dave. There some "experts" on this BB that know the answer 73 Bob W7LRD
----- Original Message -----
From: David - KG4ZLB
To: Hans Johnson
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:28:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: old satellites
I was reading about the newly launched GOCE satellite and the fact that
its mission will end when its 40kg tank empties - that of course may be
a long time coming but as it has an S band transmitter, could this not
be tweaked for us once the mission is complete?
And thinking further, for these satellites could amateur radio gear be
carried so that it could be activated once the main mission is complete?
Doing this over a number of years would provide a ready made supply of
new birds over a period of time.
I suppose logistics and cost will be the factor but its an idea and
would give us at least something!
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