On 10/18/12 08:44, Joshua wrote:
Morning folks, I'm a relatively new ham and started following amsat only a few months so forgive something of a novice question.
The biggest trouble I see the community hitching a ride to a high orbit although low orbits seem to be easy to get. So my question is this, who says we can't launch a sat in LEO and design it to move itself up to a higher orbit? I mean if NASA can build probes capable of reaching mars, it stands to reason we can build a bird to move only a few thousand miles.
Thanks, Joshua Abraham, KJ4VYR
It absolutely could be done -- with the right amount of money. I'm not sure that a kick motor would ultimately be cheaper than a flight designed to get something into HEO, nor as safe.
It's really all about money, several millions of little dollarettes...
--STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72