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Hello Jan,
Yes, the battery is dead. There are no transmissions when the satellite is in
eclipse. Also, after ARISSat-1 re-enters sunlight, there is a 15 minute delay
from a built in timer before transmissions begin.
Here in the US, we don't currently have any useable windows! It's either
Hello,
I'm launching a project in my spare time that some AMSAT members might
be interested in. I'm a graduate student in Aerospace Engineering at
Cornell, and I've been working on a ChipSat/Femtosatellite called
Sprite for the last several years. I want to launch a CubeSat full of
Sprites into
Interesting idea Zac, but I have a few questions.
Will each Sprite have it's own frequency?
Since these Sprites are operating in the Amateur satellite bands, how
will you license them?
How will you handle the frequency coordination of these transmitters?
Regards...Bill - N6GHz
On
James,
Where did you send the report to? Was it a telemetry report?
SSTV report? Audio report? I am checking now to see if your
report was acted upon-will advise.
73,
Dee, NB2F
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From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org
[mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of James
On Saturday, October 15th, I will be on the satellites as WA9BSA from the Three
Fires Council (Illinois) Camporall for Jamboree on the Air. I plan to try all
workable passes of the FM and linear sats, between 1400Z and 2200Z (if set up
in
time, I may start even earlier), using both an HT and
