03B networks is planning to launch a network of 20-24 satellites into a 8000km equitorial orbit on Soyuz rockets from Kourou in the Caribbean.
http://www.o3bnetworks.com/Media_Centre/press_release_details.aspx?id=60 http://www.o3bnetworks.com/Media_Centre/press_release_details.aspx?id=67
Trevor
This has me wondering if there are opportunities for co-launch, tethered power supply sharing or upper-stage rocket-body piggybacking of Ham and educational communication payloads....... our price per Kg could be REALLY attractive given that they're launching four 700Kg birds PER launch! How much fun could we have with a triple cube at these heights? Passes would be visible for over an hour at a time... Cali could work the Gold Coast and JA's at the same time!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor ." m5aka@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 2:25 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Network of MEO sats at 8000km
03B networks is planning to launch a network of 20-24 satellites into a 8000km equitorial orbit on Soyuz rockets from Kourou in the Caribbean.
http://www.o3bnetworks.com/Media_Centre/press_release_details.aspx?id=60 http://www.o3bnetworks.com/Media_Centre/press_release_details.aspx?id=67
Trevor
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