[amsat-bb] Re: ITAR & Spanish Lunar Robot Launch

On 09/11/2012 06:16 PM, Trevor . wrote:

Moon Daily has just reported on the announcement in August of a Spanish Lunar robot launch by Beijing in 2014. I suspect it uses amateur frequencies but I don't know for certain, anyone have any information ?

Why wouldn't it? It seems anyone building a small satellite for any purpose these days automatically uses the ham bands for their telemetry and telecommand channels. No actual amateur functionality need necessarily be included.