Luc Leblanc wrote:
As they said "TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in December of 2010." Probably the replacing solution for our aging AMSAT-NA satellite fleet? Anyone with 8000$ can own his own satellite let me guess in a couple of years the same repeater frenzy will also reach the amateur satellite world. No more need of club or organization or IARU frequencies coordination . The perfect world...
You missed the sentence before that one:
"After operating for a few months (the exact length of time on orbit is dependent on solar activity), they will safely re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up."
Not a very good platform for an amateur radio satellite. Unless you want to burn $32K/year/satellite. Also questionable since the tubesat is a smaller package then a single cubesat.