Wonder if we can get a bunch of Star Trek fans to pay for a replica Enterprise launched into HEO. Perhaps the navigational deflector can be a high gain S-band downlink antenna.
73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Joshua Abraham <jarvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a bit outside of the realm of traditional amateur satellite > launches but I found it to be very interesting nonetheless. Some fans of a > popular scifi show have raised the money to launch a replica of the show's > time-and-space traveling ship into orbit this fall. From what I know of it > so far, it will but a fully functioning sat within a very unusual chassis > and will feature a GoPro camera mounted inside with the intention to > transmit photos back to earth. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble finding > any real technical information on this "blue bird" but maybe someone here > knows more about it? All I could find was a very brief spec sheet. > Here's a link to their KickStarter page as well as their official website. > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/573935592/were-putting-a-tardis-into-orbit-really > http://tardisinorbit.com/ > > -73, Joshua KJ4VYR > _______________________________________________ > 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
