FYI
300 x 1450km
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16480111
"Europe has named Thursday 9 February as the day it intends to launch its new Vega rocket for the very first time.
The 30m-tall vehicle has been developed to take payloads up to 1.5 tonnes into a polar orbit, and will fly from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
The project has been led by Italian industry and is years behind on its original schedule.........
David G0MRF
David:
You failed to quote the most fascinating part of the article:
The caution is well advised. Statistics show that some two-thirds of the
rockets introduced in the past 20 years have had an unsuccessful first outing.
It is for this reason that the satellites carried on the "qualification" flight have been given a free ride.
OK, a 66% chance that our satellite would simply blow up, but a 33% chance that we could get a satellite a free ride into a polar orbit. Hmmm... Don't we have some hardware "sitting on the shelf" that we could offer up to the gods of maiden launches??? Like a linear transponder instead of a single-channel FM transponder?
John, Amsat-NA LM #2292 W0JT
On Jan 10 2012, [email protected] wrote:
FYI
300 x 1450km
"Europe has named Thursday 9 February as the day it intends to launch its new Vega rocket for the very first time.
The 30m-tall vehicle has been developed to take payloads up to 1.5 tonnes into a polar orbit, and will fly from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
The project has been led by Italian industry and is years behind on its original schedule.........
David G0MRF
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We should have "something" sitting on the shelf "somewhere" just for these and whatever opportunities.
73 W7LRD
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From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:20:31 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Vega to launch in February
David:
You failed to quote the most fascinating part of the article:
The caution is well advised. Statistics show that some two-thirds of the
rockets introduced in the past 20 years have had an unsuccessful first outing.
It is for this reason that the satellites carried on the "qualification" flight have been given a free ride.
OK, a 66% chance that our satellite would simply blow up, but a 33% chance that we could get a satellite a free ride into a polar orbit. Hmmm... Don't we have some hardware "sitting on the shelf" that we could offer up to the gods of maiden launches??? Like a linear transponder instead of a single-channel FM transponder?
John, Amsat-NA LM #2292 W0JT
On Jan 10 2012, [email protected] wrote:
FYI
300 x 1450km
"Europe has named Thursday 9 February as the day it intends to launch its new Vega rocket for the very first time.
The 30m-tall vehicle has been developed to take payloads up to 1.5 tonnes into a polar orbit, and will fly from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
The project has been led by Italian industry and is years behind on its original schedule.........
David G0MRF
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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Why not take the awaiting ARISSAT engineering units already built and put a known battery in one of them? Uh Oh, Gould's stomach is growling--HA! Dee
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob- W7LRD Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:50 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Vega to launch in February
We should have "something" sitting on the shelf "somewhere" just for these and whatever opportunities.
73 W7LRD
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:20:31 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Vega to launch in February
David:
You failed to quote the most fascinating part of the article:
The caution is well advised. Statistics show that some two-thirds of the
rockets introduced in the past 20 years have had an unsuccessful first outing.
It is for this reason that the satellites carried on the "qualification" flight have been given a free ride.
OK, a 66% chance that our satellite would simply blow up, but a 33% chance that we could get a satellite a free ride into a polar orbit. Hmmm... Don't we have some hardware "sitting on the shelf" that we could offer up to the gods of maiden launches??? Like a linear transponder instead of a single-channel FM transponder?
John, Amsat-NA LM #2292 W0JT
On Jan 10 2012, [email protected] wrote:
FYI
300 x 1450km
"Europe has named Thursday 9 February as the day it intends to launch its new Vega rocket for the very first time.
The 30m-tall vehicle has been developed to take payloads up to 1.5 tonnes into a polar orbit, and will fly from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
The project has been led by Italian industry and is years behind on its original schedule.........
David G0MRF
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
_______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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