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GM7HUD > AMSAT 16.03.05 14:21l 12 Lines 548 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 25571_GB7ESX
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Subj: Re: Ham sats - no longer worth it?
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Sent: 050316/1130z 25571@GB7ESX.#31.GBR.EU $:25571_GB7ESX [Witham, Esx]NNA V3.1
Well AO-40 was fairly stationary in the sky at apogee, more so that AO-10
and AO-13 were.
Geostationary and amateur is highly unlikely! First, as a pure amateur
sat, you wont get JAMSAT and AMSAT-VK to fund a bird if it will live over
Europe only, why should they pay if they never get to use it? Similarly,
EU hams wont be too keen on funding a sat that spends its life over the
Pacific. So Molniya orbits are the way to go. That way everyone gets a
chance to play and gets a window when the sat is reasonably stationary.
73 de Andy GM7HUD
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