On 19 Dec 2009 at 8:55, Alan Kung wrote:

Date sent: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:55:10 +0800 From: Alan Kung alankung@public3.bta.net.cn Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-1 Schedule on Dec 19 Renew To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Send reply to: Alan Kung alankung@public3.bta.net.cn

XW-1 FM and digital store-forward transponder will work on Dec. 19 at

On: 0124UTC Off: 0143UTC

On: 1146UTC Off: 1206UTC

73 Alan Kung, BA1DU XW-1 Project Manager

It is quite a nice christmas gift for the amateur satellite community who was offered by China. XW-1 will make possible transatlantic contacts when he will be over central atlantic ocean. In North America the following grids will be in range for EU contacts: FM 27-28 FN 04-05-10-12. In my grid FN36 i will have a 5 deg elevation at max and it will be lower for the grids i mentioned.

Congratulations Alan and for all of your team. You are the proof that our amateur satellite future will be more and more internationally driven XW-1 and SO-67 and all the other project in the making is and will only lead and guided the next satellite builders to redefined their next steps.

Is a new HEO capabilities can emerge? i believe yes and it will probably come from unexpected new launchers sources.

The global world warming effect and the greenhouse gas effect will need new measurement tools. A strong pressure will be put on ways to measure those greenhouse gas and satellite will be the ultimate tool. It is a new potential where amateur radio satellite builders can exploit? At our local level here we use the emergency communication argument, with this global warming potential disastrous consequences at an international scale the amateur radio community will have to shift the usual emergency communication focus towards emergency global warming communications.

Satellite monitoring and international greenhouse gas space watch will represent a lot of new openings. The amateur radio satellite world- wide network is able to handle a lot of data downlinks, data who can be transferred through internet at any point on the earth. APRS and DPRS is already monitoring and sending weather reports from all over the world is a pollution index can also be transmitted aside of all the other weather data parameters? What about a PC screen showing the global pollutants evolution on a day by day basis live data coming and relayed by amateur radio satellite. The possibilities are endless will we be able to positioned ourselves accordingly???

Some will say it is fiction but what's it's call fiction today often became tomorrow reality.

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