On the Outside? :-)
just like 90% of the earlier birds they are rolled or folded up until after deployment. IIRC: one of the first actually did use a rolled up tame measure for the elements.
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 4/30/2013 9:51 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
Where do the gain antennas go on a 10x10x30cm HEO?
73, Drew KO4MA
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On Apr 30, 2013, at 9:01 AM, N0JY n0jy@lavabit.com wrote:
I wonder about the amount of time spent in the Van Allen belts on the way up there. We're concerned about radiation at a 650 km orbit, it might take some heavy duty ($$) radiation tolerant components to survive a few years trip through the radiation belts as well as the final high orbit?
Jerry N0JY
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