O3B satellites are part of the 'Other 3 Billion" constellation and will provide high speed Internet access to the 3 Billion people that live along the Earth's equator. These are not amateur satellites. They are also not direct to consumer - they are high speed back haul to special satellite terminals. I believe they are owned and operated by SES of Luxembourg. They maybe good targets for tracking strong signals.
More info here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O3b_(satellite)
73 - Paul - W2HRO
On Mar 11, 2018 15:22, "Pedro Converso" pconver@gmail.com wrote:
Yesterday some not ham satellites were launched, classified as O3Bxx.
They have equatorial 7800 Km height orbits, with amazing coverage.
Take a look at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm?satx=43232 and click on icon to see coverage.
Wish some day we hams could have that kind of orbit.
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