Very nice to hear. I do apologize for my earlier characterization of a "a poor dead bird". Reading it over, it came out a bit harsher than I meant. I hope I didn't offend anyone. Thank you very much for your hard work and effort. 73, Michael Peter Guelzow wrote: > Hi Michael and Alan, > > I can only repeat what Alan already said... > Work on P3-E is continuing and we are busy looking for launch > possibilities and other ways for financing it, i.e. on coat-tails of the > P5 Mars Mission. > This is our top priority at the moment and that's why you may not have > heard so much about P3-E these days. > Substantial progress was recently made on the new IHU-3 and getting IPS > working on it, the S/C operating system used on all previous P3 satellites. > The new IHU-3 is not only essential for P3-E, but also for the P5-A Mars > mission.. > Due to some problems discussed here before, we had to find new people in > our own team to do the work. > We had some good articles in our past AMSAT-DL Journal, I hope > translations will find their's way into other magazines... > > 73s > Peter, DB2OS > > > Alan P. Biddle wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> AMSAT-DL, with the occasional support of other AMSAT organizations, is still >> working on getting it launched. I expect that it will find a ride, probably >> unexpectedly, as is often the case. It would be a tragedy to someday find >> the launch article in a museum somewhere. However, it is clear that >> launches beyond LEO are going to be few and far between for amateur >> satellites. Hence the shift in emphasis you have noted. >> >> Alan >> WA4SCA >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On >> Behalf Of Michael Tondee >> Sent: 09 November, 2009 18:30 >> To: Amsat BB >> Subject: [amsat-bb] So is P3E essentially dead at this point? >> >> I'm following with interest the post on FM versus linear transponders. >> Right now I'm in the middle of putting together and FM LEO station that >> can later be made SSB/CW capable with the addition of a new rig which I >> think I may be able to once again afford sometime after the first of the >> year. >> I've read all about the new direction Amsat NA is taking and I applaud >> it as I think that's what's best. >> I still wonder about Amsat DL and P3E though. I don't hear much of >> anything anymore. >> Last I heard, the figure Arianne space gave for launch was deemed beyond >> reach and Amsat DL was going to try and get their government to help. >> Just wondering what the status is. Is there still a chance we will see >> it in orbit or is it just a poor dead bird mothballed in storage >> somewhere now? >> 73, >> Michael, W4HIJ >> _______________________________________________ >>
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