Team,
Well, we learned from the budget situation that our ASCENT direction was to build a"proof of concept" solution. I am not sure at this point why we are restricted and if this is an AMSAT officer (Jerry or Robert) or a BOD restriction.
With that in mind, I was contacted over the weekend by a university that wants to launch pacsat. The University of North Dakota is launching a 3U cubesat, probably in mid to late 2025. They have a commitment for an ELANA launch but no firm dates yet. They have .5U available out of 3U.
So we need to make a decision here:
1. Do we want to support this launch? (Don't know yet how much support they will need. Probably lots.)
2. Do we have the time to provide support?
3. If you think it is good timing, I will invite the UND project lead ( Dr. Ron Fevig ) to our Thursday meeting.
If we decide to move forward with this we will need to get Jerry's permission to move beyond a pure ASCENT project.
Please let me know your feelings ASAP. I have a meeting with Dr. Fevig this afternoon and will try to better understand their requirements.
Please let me know your feelings ASAP. ( 2nd request) I want to kill this if we don't think we can do it.
Bill