Is there any recent update to the status of P3E and a potential launch date and launch vehicle? The AMSAT-DL web site is out of date as is AMSAT-NA. 73 Mel W3MR
Hi Mel,
Our Vice-President and AMSAT-DL BOD member Hartmut Päsler, DL1YDD is coming to the AMSAT-NA Symposium and will give a presentation about the current status of the P3-E project and P5-A.
Due to some personal circumstances I will not be able to attend myself, for which I'm very sorry...
However, don't miss Hartmut's presentation. I'm sure it will be very interesting...
73s, Peter DB2OS AMSAT-DL President http://www.amsat-dl.org/
Mel Roberts wrote:
Is there any recent update to the status of P3E and a potential launch date and launch vehicle? The AMSAT-DL web site is out of date as is AMSAT-NA. 73 Mel W3MR _______________________________________________
Quoting Mel Roberts w3mr@erols.com:
Is there any recent update to the status of P3E and a potential launch date and launch vehicle? The AMSAT-DL web site is out of date as is AMSAT-NA. 73 Mel W3MR
My favorite source for these sorts of inquiries is the Amsat-dl's Übersicht aller Amateurfunksatelliten, currently at: http://www.amsat-dl.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4...
It records the opimistic Nov. 2008 as a launch date. However, it also provides a link to this document, http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2007/p3e_update.htm which informs us that barring a ESA launch the backup plan is Soyuz launch also at Kourou. In that case, we're waiting until 2009. It could be that 2009-10 are our years to return to HEO in force: SSETI-ESEO, Eagle and P3E may well fly in that timeframe.
This web page bears some good news, which I just noticed recently. The Chinese are seeking freq. coordination for CAS-1, a V/U sat with a linear transponder, FM repeater and 500mW power. Alas the orbit is in the 700km range, not the excellent high apogee of, say, FO-29 at 1321 km.
And, of course, the next most exciting moment for us is Dec.'s PSLV cubesat launch, which will include Delfi-C3, a university cubesat that will convert to a low-power linear transponder satellite after its research mission is over.
Bruce Robertson wrote:
It could be that 2009-10 are our years to return to HEO in force: SSETI-ESEO, Eagle and P3E may well fly in that timeframe.
I can only wait in giddy anticipation for three HEO satellites and a sunspot count creeping above zero.
Scott NW2S
Mel,
There will be discussion on this at the upcoming AMSAT Symposium in Pittsburgh PA. Come to the Symposium and discuss this directly with and AMSAT-DL board member.
Rick W2GPS AMSAT LM2232
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mel Roberts Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:13 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] P3E?
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