The front cover of the latest AMSAT-DL Journal shows the internally nearly complete P3e. It is truly an international debacle that this continues to sit in storage in Marburg when there is a plethora of launch capacity around the world to put this thing up.
We need a low friend in a high place more than ever in our history. Bob N4HY John B. Stephensen wrote: > There in no launch date for either. There are no more inexpensive launches > available from ESA so the AMSATs are trying to get non-amateur funding to > pay for HEO launches. Assume LEO satellites for the next few years as launch > costs are much lower. CAMSAT just launched one, AMSAT-NA plans on launching > two and there are others in the works. > > 73 > > John > KD6OZH > -- (Co)Author: DttSP, Quiktrak, PowerSDR, GnuRadio Member: ARRL, AMSAT, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. "the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles" Kerouac Twitter:rwmcgwier Active: Facebook,Myspace,LinkedIn _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
