Didn't AMSAT people invent this method/technique? Tape measure antennas on satellites?
73, Mark N8MH At 04:12 AM 9/28/2013 +0000, B J wrote: >On 9/28/13, Bryce Salmi <bstguitar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was watching the Canadian Space Agencies BROLL video of the CASSIOPE >> satellite due to launch in a few days and noticed a neat antenna. The video >> link below starts at the appropriate point in the video (feel free to watch >> the whole video too). For what looks like it is essentially steel tape >> measure metal... that's quite an intense antenna and deployment! I'm used >> to seeing these on cubesats and other small satellites but this is very >> neat to see too. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WGD4cWnpcto#t=245 > >It looks like it's the descendant of what was used on Canada's first >satellite, Alouette-1: > >http://www.spacenet.on.ca/data/pages/canada-in-space/alouette.html >http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/alouette.asp > >Many years ago, there was a documentary about the early days of >Canada's satellite program and I remember this was mentioned. >Unfortunately, I don't remember what the name was. > >73s > >Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB@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 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
