[amsat-bb] Re: SPOT satellite services

Andrew,

The System gets it's position from the GPS satellites and reports it to it's network via the Globestar Constellation. SPOT is a subsidiary of Globestar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPOT_Satellite_Messenger

73 de Rick K7TEJ

---- Andrew Rich vk4tec@tech-software.net wrote:

Hello

I am trying to research the SPOT messenger and GPS reporting system

I see that the band in use is 1610 - 1620 MHz

What satellites are they though ?

• Andrew -

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