I agree with John 100%!
73, Jim KQ6EA
On 09/04/2013 10:53 PM, tosca005@umn.edu wrote:
As long as AMSAT-NA needs to concentrate on 1U/3U/6U Cubesats for the immediatee future, I would really like to see the pursuit of linear transponders on them instead of single-channel FM repeaters. The way I see it, launch opportunities are so rare that we ought to fly the most capable equipment we can on those rare occasions when we can get a launch.
John Toscano W0JT Amsat-Na LM#2292
On Sep 4 2013, n0jy wrote:
Hi Michael,
I would not say that AMSAT has abandoned HEO. Rather, launch opportunities that exist now are being utilized. Would you rather sit dormant and let all existing birds fail or re-enter while waiting for an HEO opportunity? And AMSAT is just learning to build cubesats. For AMSAT-NA, Fox-1 is a first. If we're going to fly HEO, we had better be good at building a reliable satellite in a cubesat (be it 1, 3, or 6U) format. The first HEO launch opportunity is not the time to figure that out! While HEO launch opportunities do not exist now, but that does not mean that AMSAT isn't pursuing them as Drew pointed out, nor that AMSAT would not build an HEO satellite when opportunities do come. In the meantime, we are making lemonade and preparing through practice.
Jerry N0JY
On 9/4/2013 4:25 PM, Michael wrote:
I'm almost fifty one years old and I'm now convinced that we will not see another HEO in orbit in my lifetime...if ever. The economic environment to do it just doesn't exist anymore. AMSAT has as much as told everyone that by abandoning their efforts and concentrating on LEO cubesats. No one is going to come out and say that we absolutely will never have one, they like to keep that glimmer of hope alive but the writing is on the wall. No one wants to be wrong more than I do but I'd bet you P3-E never flies. 73, Michael, W4HIJ
On 9/3/2013 3:32 PM, John Becker wrote:
Anything new on a replacement. Have not see a thing myself.
John
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