For those who are still dreaming for a HEO in the mean time just check below you can have your own LEO/tube sat satellite for 8000$ launch included payable with the major credit card and you even have payment options!
I'm just waiting to see one of them on E-Bay
As they said "TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in December of 2010." Probably the replacing solution for our aging AMSAT-NA satellite fleet? Anyone with 8000$ can own his own satellite let me guess in a couple of years the same repeater frenzy will also reach the amateur satellite world. No more need of club or organization or IARU frequencies coordination . The perfect world...
http://interorbital.com/TubeSat_1.htm
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Luc Leblanc wrote:
As they said "TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in December of 2010." Probably the replacing solution for our aging AMSAT-NA satellite fleet? Anyone with 8000$ can own his own satellite let me guess in a couple of years the same repeater frenzy will also reach the amateur satellite world. No more need of club or organization or IARU frequencies coordination . The perfect world...
You missed the sentence before that one:
"After operating for a few months (the exact length of time on orbit is dependent on solar activity), they will safely re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up."
Not a very good platform for an amateur radio satellite. Unless you want to burn $32K/year/satellite. Also questionable since the tubesat is a smaller package then a single cubesat.
Luc...while one hopes..there is in addition to your point, almost no chance that this launcher will fly. There are very very big changes coming to human spaceflight in the US..and Falcon is the launch vehicle to (in my view) bet on
Robert WB5MZO Life Member
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:56 -0500 From: bbj@innismir.net To: lucleblanc6@videotron.ca CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org; eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$
Luc Leblanc wrote:
As they said "TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in December of 2010." Probably the replacing solution for our aging AMSAT-NA satellite fleet? Anyone with 8000$ can own his own satellite let me guess in a couple of years the same repeater frenzy will also reach the amateur satellite world. No more need of club or organization or IARU frequencies coordination . The perfect world...
You missed the sentence before that one:
"After operating for a few months (the exact length of time on orbit is dependent on solar activity), they will safely re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up."
Not a very good platform for an amateur radio satellite. Unless you want to burn $32K/year/satellite. Also questionable since the tubesat is a smaller package then a single cubesat.
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Tubesats/Cansats are very interesting for some uses. Bob Twiggs is big on them, and is so far as I know their launch customer. However, there are a lot of issues which need to be addressed if you are interested in a relatively long term, sophisticated satellite such as we need. In many cases, the answer to a question about "how are you going to do _____" is a blank look, or "we are working on that." ;) I wish them luck.
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Luc Leblanc Sent: 15 January, 2010 23:35 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsat-bb] LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$
For those who are still dreaming for a HEO in the mean time just check below you can have your own LEO/tube sat satellite for 8000$ launch included payable with the major credit card and you even have payment options!
I'm just waiting to see one of them on E-Bay
As they said "TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in December of 2010." Probably the replacing solution for our aging AMSAT-NA satellite fleet? Anyone with 8000$ can own his own satellite let me guess in a couple of years the same repeater frenzy will also reach the amateur satellite world. No more need of club or organization or IARU frequencies coordination . The perfect world...
http://interorbital.com/TubeSat_1.htm
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Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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