satellite-to-satellite relay
Perry Klein (W3PK) and Ray Soifer (W2RS) are believed to be the first two terrestrial stations to communicate using a direct satellite-to-satellite relay in ANY radio service. This was accomplished with A-O-6 and A-O-7. See P. Klein and R. Soifer, "Intersatellite Communication Using the AMSAT-OSCAR 6 and AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Radio Amateur Satellites, *Proceedings of the IEEE Letters*, Oct 1975, pp 1526-1527.
de K2ubc Martin Davidoff
Wow this is really fascinating. Probably just in the amateur radio world though, right?
I imagine there are other satellite constellations that have used individual satellites to communicate with others in the network to expand content distribution in the commercial/military markets.
Kevin, KK6NHN
On May 6, 2016, at 9:08 PM, Martin Davidoff mdavidoff42@gmail.com wrote:
Perry Klein (W3PK) and Ray Soifer (W2RS) are believed to be the first two terrestrial stations to communicate using a direct satellite-to-satellite relay in ANY radio service. This was accomplished with A-O-6 and A-O-7. See P. Klein and R. Soifer, "Intersatellite Communication Using the AMSAT-OSCAR 6 and AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Radio Amateur Satellites, *Proceedings of the IEEE Letters*, Oct 1975, pp 1526-1527.
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