ARISSat is missing an antenna and has been returned to the airlock. Discussions are under way as what to do next. Possible ARISSat would be deployed as is.
Stay tuned...
Armando, N8IGJ
We are waiting on a decision whether or not to deploy the satellite as is, without the 70cm antenna. If, in fact, the 70cm antenna is missing, there would of course be no communications possible through the transponder. Translation: one more piece of space junk that is useless to the amateur radio community that helped pay for it! I guess I shouldn't be too upset. I'm sure there are many others that have much more invested than I do.
KM9U "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." -- Mark Twain
----- Original Message ----- From: "Armando Mercado" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:42 Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat missing antenna
ARISSat is missing an antenna and has been returned to the airlock. Discussions are under way as what to do next. Possible ARISSat would be deployed as is.
Stay tuned...
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worst case they don't have a 6" long chunk of wire that could shove into the connector on the box?
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On 8/3/2011 11:23 AM, KM9U wrote:
We are waiting on a decision whether or not to deploy the satellite as is, without the 70cm antenna. If, in fact, the 70cm antenna is missing, there would of course be no communications possible through the transponder. Translation: one more piece of space junk that is useless to the amateur radio community that helped pay for it! I guess I shouldn't be too upset. I'm sure there are many others that have much more invested than I do.
KM9U "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." -- Mark Twain
----- Original Message ----- From: "Armando Mercado"[email protected] To:[email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:42 Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat missing antenna
ARISSat is missing an antenna and has been returned to the airlock. Discussions are under way as what to do next. Possible ARISSat would be deployed as is.
Stay tuned...
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On 8/3/11 11:55 AM, Joe wrote:
worst case they don't have a 6" long chunk of wire that could shove into the connector on the box?
Or borrow one of the existing antennas mounted on the exterior of the ISS...
I guess we'll soon find out just how much of the antenna blade was left on the connector. If there's any at all, it ought to be able to hear somebody with a kilowatt or two...
We are waiting on a decision whether or not to deploy the satellite as is, without the 70cm antenna. If, in fact, the 70cm antenna is missing, there would of course be no communications possible through the transponder. Translation: one more piece of space junk that is useless to the amateur radio community that helped pay for it! I guess I shouldn't be too upset. I'm sure there are many others that have much more invested than I do.
KM9U "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." -- Mark Twain
----- Original Message ----- From: "Armando Mercado" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:42 Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat missing antenna
ARISSat is missing an antenna and has been returned to the airlock. Discussions are under way as what to do next. Possible ARISSat would be deployed as is.
Stay tuned...
Armando, N8IGJ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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