Re: [amsat-bb] Current Launch Costs From Spaceflight

Innovation is often driven out of necessity. I see it everyday at work. Develop a baseline system that works and then optimize it. You'd be amazed what you could do with the small of a space to pack electronics into. Bryce On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Gus wrote: > On 08/01/2014 01:24 PM, Pa

Re: [amsat-bb] Current Launch Costs From Spaceflight

Nailed it On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > > Can some explain to me and others the big deal about cube sats? > > I just dont get it. > > Standardization! But the real payoff from standardization is REDUCED RISK > to the launch provider. Instead of having to micromanag

Re: [amsat-bb] I want this. I want that. Here comes another FM LEO sat.

Nativity = autocorrect of "being naive" :) sorry about that On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Bryce Salmi wrote: > Ao40 was not too complex. I work in the space industry, I've already have > my electronics fly to orbit (not AMSAT), it's awesome and scary all In one. > Wa

Re: [amsat-bb] I want this. I want that. Here comes another FM LEO sat.

a clear path to get flight heritage on a common design is an obvious way of mitigating future risk. Bryce Kb1lqc On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Phil Karn wrote: > On 07/22/2014 12:26 AM, Bryce Salmi wrote: > > By usher in he was clearly referring to gaining technical abilities as a > &

Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT where are we going for what it is worth.

All this requires much much much more power than a 1U satellite is currently capable of producing. At least for always on type operating. We'll get there eventually. Also, there's definitely the critical mass effect of having a constellation of smaller satellites in orbit. Look at ORBCOMM. No GEO

Re: [amsat-bb] Amazon Smile

I know :D On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Gus wrote: > On 07/22/2014 01:52 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote: > >> Capacitors are like $0.01 each nowadays. >> > > We call it HUMOR. :-) > > > -- > Gus 8P6SM > The Easternmost Isle > >

Re: [amsat-bb] Amazon Smile

cubesat > board, I guess. The thing is to persuade more people to sign up. > > > On 07/22/2014 12:03 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote: > >> Thats actually an impressive total, the percentage for AMSAT Is small but >> wow! Every bit counts. >> >> On Tuesday, July 22, 201

Re: [amsat-bb] I want this. I want that. Here comes another FM LEO sat.

Being involved in the power system, I personally am hoping to get this included in the near future on some of the next Fox's. We will see! On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Jerry Buxton wrote: > On 7/22/2014 9:21 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > >> Off the top of my head: >> >> AO-51 - Battery failur

Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT where are we going for what it is worth.

Having three Fox1 cubesats in orbit will significantly increase the opportunities too :D Power in numbers! On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Rich, > > From your email: > > "It is hard to use the birds in our K4AMG mentoring program since their > orbits are mostly incompat

Re: [amsat-bb] Digital Satellites Question

You don't necessarily need to do the processing on the satellite. There still is concern over radiation and power for all Fox-1 satellites. To run the FM transponder, IHU, experiments, etc. all on 1.9W to 2.5W (varies) from the solar cells is extremely difficult. That's less power on average than m

Re: [amsat-bb] I want this. I want that. Here comes another FM LEO sat.

Phil, You're missing the point. Do I personally think Fox-1 is pushing the bleeding edge of technology? No. Buts it's a great step to building a good foundation. I think your frustration with the lack of digital birds is overcoming an understanding of where AMSAT currently is and where it's going.

Re: [amsat-bb] Amazon Smile

Thats actually an impressive total, the percentage for AMSAT Is small but wow! Every bit counts. On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Brenton Salmi wrote: > Wait, if my math is right that means a total of $13,324 has gone through > Amazon smile in the name of AMSAT! > > > > - Brent > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2

Re: [amsat-bb] I want this. I want that. Here comes another FM LEO sat.

By usher in he was clearly referring to gaining technical abilities as a group to attack more complex satellites. On Monday, July 21, 2014, Phil Karn wrote: > On 07/21/2014 05:36 PM, Clayton Coleman wrote: > > > It's very easy to be a pessimist or a cynic. Very little risk is > > involved. It

Re: [amsat-bb] The root of all the problems

I'll finally charm in on this. Don't also forget that the AMSAT membership hardly pays for its > satellites. The volunteer engineering that goes into each one of them is > easily worth millions of dollars at market rates. And it must be > understood that there is no such thing as a volunteer willi

[amsat-bb] SpaceX Dragon V2 Unveiling 7pm PST

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ For those of you interested the commercial crew capsule (hey they could be hams :) will be unveiled in minutes! Bryce ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Joi

[amsat-bb] HR4310 Section 1261 Status?

Any update on the status of the bill to remove satellites from the US Munitions List? https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4310#summary It seems like it's been a while since this happened (1.5 years...) Maybe I'm just too hopeful it will be in place in a timely manner? Anyone following it

[amsat-bb] Re: Fox-1 launch delay

One hard and fast rule in the space launch industry: Everyone remembers a launch failure, no one will remember a launch delay. Delays suck, it's a hell of a lot better than blowing up. The launch industry is largely binary, you either fully succeed or fail. This is at least the perspective of the

[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/04/29/first-stage-landing-video First stage landing video is public! On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Bryce Salmi wrote: > Elon tweeted this and I wanted to share, one step closer to reusable > rockets and reduced launch costs! This view is from a camer

[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

wrote: > On 4/29/14, Bryce Salmi wrote: > > Elon tweeted this and I wanted to share, one step closer to reusable > > rockets and reduced launch costs! This view is from a camera near the top > > of Falcon 9 looking down the rocket. > > > > https://twitter.

[amsat-bb] Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

Elon tweeted this and I wanted to share, one step closer to reusable rockets and reduced launch costs! This view is from a camera near the top of Falcon 9 looking down the rocket. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/461055064438628353 ___ Sent via AMSAT-

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-07 Distorted audio

I wonder if it would be possible to build a system that used rssi to limit each signal and act accordingly. I think ao40 had something similar. A digit sat could be sent the tx power and use that in combination with rssi to adjust itself too. Just some quick thoughts Bryce On Friday, April 25, 2

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube telemetry performance?

Overall I'll take funcubes telemetry over any AFSK bird It's extremely simple to receive and in my opinion it's much better than I've ever had luck on an AFSK bird. On Saturday, April 19, 2014, Joe Fitzgerald wrote: > Phil, > > That is an interesting question. I have fooled with a simple 1/

[amsat-bb] SpaceX F9R First Hop Video

http://youtu.be/0UjWqQPWmsY Just wanted to share the events from yesterday. Very cool and one step closer to drastically reducing launch costs! Bryce KB1LQC ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA mem

[amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air

another email, Bruce (KK5DO) mentioned trying to get all of the college > stations on the air for a few passes. Let me know if you'd be interested. I > suggest we time it somewhere around School Club Roundup. > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote: >

[amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air

Hey Andrew! If your college club is active definitely check out K2GXT (Rochester Institute of Technology) http://www.rit.edu/sg/amateurradioclub/ as they are very active. Theres a semi-functional satellite station there, finding time to finish it was the hardest part. Give them an email! Congrats

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT pass prediction page.

sets such as website design. This is a great example of it. If you are or know of someone who would be enthusiastic about this portion of the website and knows some HTML, PHP, CSS, and Python/C programming then by all means direct them to the Volunteer for AMSAT<http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=

[amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP

I'll just add in that I have only ever operated a satellite by handheld antenna and an HT. I've received SSB sats on stationary antennas but never worked them. I don't have the infrastructure to do so nor have I had the time to set something up. I just graduated college and moved 3,000 miles across

[amsat-bb] Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube

My dad sent me this screenshot with the request to forward it. He caught a recent FUNCube-1 pass and our friends over at AMSAT-UK have a nice message regarding Tony Monteiro in the Fitter message. Bryce KB1LQC -- Forwarded message -- From: *John Salmi* Date: Friday, March 28, 201

[amsat-bb] Re: JUNK

Something tells me a while back it was made explicitly clear that the AMSAT-BB did not reflect the views and agenda of AMSAT-NA. Something to keep in mind. Bryce KB1LQC On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 06:49:37PM +, wa4...@comcast.net wrote:

[amsat-bb] Re: K&R Yoksh

Be careful, this was flagged on my network as a security risk website. On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:57 AM, K&R Yoksh wrote: > http://thelanguageconsultants.com/jcg/fox-news.php > K&R Yoksh > ___ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those

[amsat-bb] Re: FW: Madness.

Can we just take this entire discussion off this list? It literally adds no value at all. So what if Clint posts a message about a net on here... It takes much less effort to hit delete if you don't like it than it takes to wade through all these responses which in the end accomplish nothing but c

[amsat-bb] Re: FOX-2 Information (was: "Flying repeater" inquiry)

;s challenge and becomes too easy, it begins to > bore me pretty quickly. > 73, > Michael, W4HIJ > > > On 2/14/2014 7:00 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote: > > To expand upon the flying repeater email. > > "I'd be interested to know if there is going to be any technical &

[amsat-bb] Re: FOX-2 Information (was: "Flying repeater" inquiry)

Fox-2 and Fox-1 will share a lot of the same technology. This is good because we don't want to re-invent the wheel. Therefore I respectively reject the idea that just because Fox-1 is an FM bird it is not technically challenging to design and build. Bryce KB1LQC On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at

[amsat-bb] Re: FOX-2 Information (was: "Flying repeater" inquiry)

You can already find out more about the prototype maximum power point tracker that will be used to power the software defined transponder on Fox-2! http://edge.rit.edu/edge/P13271/public/Home Bryce KB1LQC On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Clayton Coleman wrote: > Hi Michael > > You're in luck.

[amsat-bb] Interesting CubeSat Study

http://www.sei.aero/eng/papers/uploads/archive/SpaceWorks_Nano_Microsatellite_Market_Assessment_January_2014.pdf Really goes to show you the demand of CubeSats and what market AMSAT is participating in. Taking this article for being correct, they estimate between 2014 and 2020 there will be at lea

[amsat-bb] Re: 150 cubesats to provide global WIFI multicasting

AMSAT-NA FTP server was almost 3.5 GB last time I checked. On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Gus wrote: > On 02/08/2014 09:24 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > > Any ham wanting to collect this content simply puts his 96000 baud radio > > listing to that repeaer INPUT to join the net! An AP runs tog

[amsat-bb] Re: Fw: [Forum] Launch provider für P3E ?

Oftentimes there are paid customers nowadays for first launches and yeah, even $10 million is a steal depending on the size of the payload. Either way you must be completely fine with the idea of loosing the satellite at launch... There's a reason it would be discounted, heritage brings premiums!

[amsat-bb] ITAR Fun

In light of the bi-monthly HEO discussions that pop up here I figured I'd share some info that many non-US aerospace industry people may not realize. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a set of laws that those of us in the United States must adhere to, even as volunteers for AM

[amsat-bb] Re: SPACEX SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIRST MISSION TO GEOSTATIONARY TRANSFER ORBIT

For those interested, this image was sent about 8.000km above Earth from Falcon 9 stage 2. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/408030622708678657/photo/1 On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Eric Rosenberg wrote: > FYI -- > > 73, Eric W3DQ > Washington, DC > > --- > > December 3

[amsat-bb] Re: SpaceX To Attempt Launch Later Today

Launch is Tuesday December 3rd, 2013 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/407540177289371648 On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, B J wrote: > http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/status.html > > SpaceX's comments on what caused this past Thursday's scrub: > > http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ >

[amsat-bb] Re: Today's SpaceX Launch Scrubbed

No problem! Just putting the info out there. Bryce KB1LQC On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 7:13 PM, B J wrote: > On 11/29/13, Bryce Salmi wrote: > > An announcement regarding the Second abort was made and the abort was > > manual due to engineers running out of time to review tod

[amsat-bb] Re: Today's SpaceX Launch Scrubbed

An announcement regarding the Second abort was made and the abort was manual due to engineers running out of time to review todays first abort data. You do not launch with a rocket that is even slightly unhealthy or has questioned health. Live to fly another day. Falcon 9 is held on the pad for sev

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-NA Keps Page

We currently point to the old website (simply disabled the portions that used the database causing errors earlier in the year). This way we can use the information from the older website until it can be ported over to the new website (which is actually very easy but someone needs to do it! hint hin

[amsat-bb] Re: too many satellites

Yes, we certainly welcome more satellites and AO-73 is getting me into linear birds due to its ease of use ( I'm sure others are too with practice). Let's not start another LEO HEO debate. It's well understood that if the opportunity came to do a HEO mission it would be taken. Getting a good grip o

[amsat-bb] KySat-2 Reception

I'm pretty sure I observed the short 9600 baud bursts from KySat-2 on 437.405MHz during the pass of objects over Los Angeles, CA from the Minotaur launch a few days back. I was trying to help a friend who worked on the COMPASS project (St. Luis University). I did not hear COMPASS on or around 437.2

[amsat-bb] Re: Gpredict software

You can add new TLE's by using the Edit->Update TLE and choose network or local files. I've found it interesting to get some of the funcube TLE's in there, maybe Gpredict is being picky but it's worked. Also, there's a downward facing arrow in the top right window of Gpredict with a "configure" men

[amsat-bb] Re: Keplerian Elements for FUNCUBE 1

There's something very wrong with the N2YO keps, I would not trust them until they are updated and do not disagree with the original keps by nearly and entire Pacific Ocean (at the time of this email)... http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=1 Bryce On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Stefan Wagene

[amsat-bb] Re: Keps for funcube, help needed

wrote: > FUNCUBE > 1 00312U 00312A 13325.30964218 . 0-0 1-4 0 7 > 2 00312 97.7992 38.2578 0062122 196.7894 338.6768 14.7734969103 > > From the Funcube webpage (I know, right?) > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > > -Original Message- > >F

[amsat-bb] Re: Keps for funcube, help needed

I noticed the new keeps from n2yo didn't seem right and kept using the older keeps . Worked fine last night. Bryce On Friday, November 22, 2013, James Luhn wrote: > I have just about lost my mind trying to get SatPC32 to track FUNcube-1. > I just put in the follow keps off of the n2yo page: > >

[amsat-bb] Re: ICube-1

Nice! Maybe that was the CW I saw during the 10:37AM PST pass over LA this morning. Been at work so haven't had a chance to review the CW and check it out. Congrats! Bryce KB1LQC On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Andrew Garratt wrote: > Like everyone else I was caught up in the excitement of FUN

[amsat-bb] Re: Public Relations

ear, when we borrowed the CUBESAT simulator, we did > discuss > >> > trying to build a CUBESAT. I think that if there was a parts list or > a kit > >> > we could do that a lot easier. We could use our coordinated repeater > >> > frequencies all ready assigned (1

[amsat-bb] SDR# IQ Playback

Is there any way on SDR# to fast forward or reverse an IQ file playback? Bryce KB1LQC ___ 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 set

[amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 Heard Loud and Clear in Los Angeles, CA

Just stepped out of work and listened with a few coworkers to the 10:37AM pass over Los Angeles,CA. My dashboard install worked nicely with SDR# and my RTLSDR (first time I've done this!). I don't have internet access at work on my personal computer so I'll try to upload the data later? Also, I sa

[amsat-bb] FUNCube-1 Data Warehouse URL

Live telemetry when stations are receiving it! https://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ ___ 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

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 in Space!

Congrats AMSAT-UK and all who worked on it! Good luck on the next step, please be sure to turn on! Launch can be bumpy. KB1LQC On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Clint Bradford wrote: > Yes! > > > ___ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed a

[amsat-bb] Re: Public Relations Lacking

d discuss >> trying to build a CUBESAT. I think that if there was a parts list or a kit >> we could do that a lot easier. We could use our coordinated repeater >> frequencies all ready assigned (1/2 duplex). It may never be launched but >> we could arrange to have it flow

[amsat-bb] Re: Public Relations Lacking

Just a few comments: - I'd be up for any document like this being publicly available - AMSAT Engineering is using it's expertise in radio comms as leverage for supplying a comms board to other cubesat payloads that can be turn into a full fledged bent pipe transmitter at end of missio

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube Dashbaord version 806 just released

Np on the bandwidth here. Rather fun to hear about these developments And it's exciting to see the functionality of a distributed ground network for a ham sat take shape. Keep it up to all involved in FunCube-1! Bryce KB1LQC On Tuesday, November 19, 2013, Graham Shirville wrote: > Hi all, > > At

[amsat-bb] Re: Are you ready for the new satellites?

I definitely need to get a satellite station setup, you guys are making me kick myself for being slow to do so! I've been super busy at work but otherwise I'll eventually get there. Anyone with tips on setting up a nice ground station in a city (Los Angeles,CA) in a town-house (with an HOA) would b

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 Interview on BBC Radio

FYI the interview starts around 2:19:30 into the show On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:45 AM, M5AKA wrote: > I believe the BBC recording should be available worldwide, let me know if > it isn't. > > > See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/11/funcube-1-on-bbc-radio/ > > > > 73 Trevor > M5AKA > AMSAT-U

[amsat-bb] Re: Keeping up with technology

While I can't vouch for checking in on Twitter or other social medias. I can say I do respect the want to incorporate alternative and more publicly visible methods into the operations of ham radio and AMSAT. One of the stongest pulls for me into ham radio is the social aspect. Club meetings are som

[amsat-bb] Re: Keeping up with technology

Might I suggest the hashtag #amsat since it's likely more used and would gain a larger audiance. Just my $0.02 Bryce KB1LQC On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Ted wrote: > ...Hiram and Marconi are spinning in their graves...jeez > > 73, > K7TRK > > -Original Message- > From: amsat-bb-boun

[amsat-bb] Re: Spam through amsat.org

I would imagine that if your AMSAT.org email address is public and posted online then spammers could email it which then gets forwarded and might look like a trusted email to your email provider and not flagged as spam.Just a thought. On Thursday, October 31, 2013, Phil Karn wrote: > A significan

[amsat-bb] Re: Mark Spencer's AMSAT Journal Articles

up on the chopping block: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU5JvO1opkk Bryce Salmi KB1LQC On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:07 AM, n0jy wrote: > Through his work on the educational aspects of the Fox satellites, Mark > Spencer has produced some great experiments and materials. > The Fox-1 att

[amsat-bb] Re: Office Closed

Wow... Hope all is well and feel better soon! On Saturday, October 26, 2013, Martha wrote: > The AMSAT Office is closed. FridayI fell and tore my achilles heel.. I am > in a fiberglass cast for 2 weeks and then a plaster cast for four weeks. I > cannot put any weight on my left leg. I do have a

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio on National TV

Haha yeah this has been running on national TV for several months now. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Simon Brown wrote: > What were they selling - Soap? > > Simon Brown (G4ELI/HB9DRV) > http://v2.sdr-radio.com > > -Original Message- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-b

[amsat-bb] Re: [Part-L] CUSat and Falcon 9 R/B (2nd Stage) Los Angeles Sunday Evening Pass

B B7.4 T34 (EOM) Which meant that the battery voltage was 7.4V and temperature was 34C. Simple but fun! *GPredict Pass Screenshot:* http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10294137536/ Bryce Salmi KB1LQC ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Op

[amsat-bb] CUSat and Falcon 9 R/B (2nd Stage) Los Angeles Sunday Evening Pass

same freq) but it was nowhere near LA during the pass. Bryce Salmi KB1LQC ___ 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: htt

[amsat-bb] Re: Theoretical Question

I found this paper: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmarine.rutgers.edu%2F~kerfoot%2Fpub%2Fslocum%2FRELEASE_6_32%2Fsrc%2Fdoco%2Fspecifications%2Firidium-phone%2FIR_Lband.doc.rtf&ei=U6NbUrCdCuakiQLXgoGwAw&usg=AFQjCNHpZ7_Jh9hNlGLT

[amsat-bb] Re: A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno

Luckily the website is still up through the government shutdown... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/ On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 12:01 PM, george abbott wrote: > What are the tx and receive frequencies. The link did not provide any > useful information! > > > From: aa...@suddenlink.net > > To: w5qx-t.

[amsat-bb] Re: More On Falcon 9 "Incident"

A decent amount of his conclusions are speculations. I'd take it with a grain of salt so-to-speak. He seems convinced there was an explosion. Bryce On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 12:33 PM, B J wrote: > http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1604 > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > __

[amsat-bb] Re: Cornell CUSat Keps?

s are made. I expect DK3WN is on the case. :) > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > <-Original Message- > <[mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bryce Salmi >< >like > < > < > <__

[amsat-bb] Re: More On Falcon 9 Second Stage Anomaly

For those interested: http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/37498no-upper-stage-explosion-after-falcon-9-v11-launch-spacex-says Bryce KB1LQC On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:29 PM, B J wrote: > On 10/1/13, Stefan Wagener wrote: > > Well, > > > > speculations, speculations and by the way s

[amsat-bb] Cornell CUSat Keps?

Does anyone know the designator and/or keps for the recently launched CUSat? Maybe I should stick roughly with any of the keps for the recent SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket body? My friend worked on CUSat and I'd really like to catch a pass of it and show him it operating in orbit! Thanks, Bryce KB1LQC _

[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Successfully Launched

Just watched it in Person from 7 miles away. Amazing. B J wrote: >All indications are that everything went as planned, though the video >downlink was intermittent. Deployment of payloads has apparently >started. > >73s > >Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL >___

[amsat-bb] CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

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 measu

[amsat-bb] Re: Odd Question

This is actually a great question. I've even asked it myself to some coworkers (in the Guidance, Navigation, and Control department). When it comes down to it, the space above Earth where satellites orbit is actually vast. There's a heck of a lot more space than most images showing space debris wil

[amsat-bb] Re: Kick motors on Oscars: How does attitude control work?

Found this intersting web page: http://www.isispace.nl/cms/index.php/projects/nks Bryce KBL1QC On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Burns Fisher wrote: > Very interesting stuff. Thanks to everyone who responded. Using a model > rocket engine has occurred to me :-) I noticed that the smaller o

[amsat-bb] Re: so long

The truth is that from a monetary standpoint a 3U cubesat to HEO is likely in the realm of being affordable. However, the technology available at this time does not allow us to reliably make a HEO 3U cubesat but that doesn't mean that years down the road we will get to that point. Look at computers

[amsat-bb] Re: so long

The mass simulator was likely used to give accurate data for the launch vehicles performance (inaugural flight of Antares) for the launch of the actual Cygnus spacecraft. While yes, you could pound for pound replaced the mass simulator with something like P3E, you wouldn't get the data Orbital was

[amsat-bb] Re: Thought experiment ... Rockets and balloons

It's to my understanding that the Rockoons didn't go to orbit, but did reach space with ballistic trajectories. The hard part with orbit is the pure speed needed. RIT had a programfor an orbital rockoon type project called METEOR a while

[amsat-bb] Norton Sales Inc. in North Hollywood CA (Rocket Parts trip)

or quality images, I used my camera phone. I ended up buying the Nike-I Missile UDMH can (unused/unopened which was particularly important) for $10 and is a neat part of history. Enjoy! http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/sets/72157635431460204/ Bryce Sa

[amsat-bb] Re: A0 40 replacement

Here is the video where this mission object is stated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3o_PV2b9F6g#t=459 On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:44 AM, n0jy wrote: > Hi Zach, > > > On 9/5/2013 9:03 AM, Zach Leffke wrote: > >> Just throwing this out there: >> >> But what if the SDX tha

[amsat-bb] Re: A0 40 replacement

You just described the objective of the Fox-1 FM RF board. This is exactly the position AMSAT is trying to get into. There's a YouTube video that interviews Barry Baines and he ends up explaining this goal. I'd link to it but am currently typing this on my phone . Zach Leffke wrote: >Just thro

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 Replacement

The short answer to all these "why are we building FM satellites" comments is that the #1 operatation reason to build and FM satellites is that they provide an easy way for anyone to enjoy a satellite contact. Yes there is field day, one day out of the year. Given several operating FM satellites in

[amsat-bb] Re: A0 40 replacement

> > I would not say that AMSAT has abandoned HEO. Rather, launch > opportunities that exist now are being utilized. Would you rather sit > dormant and let all existing birds fail or re-enter while waiting for an > HEO opportunity? > And AMSAT is just learning to build cubesats. For AMSAT-NA, Fox

[amsat-bb] Re: A0 40 replacement

Yea but increasing frequency helps with that. With directional antennas the satellite would need attitude control which would benefit greatly from miniaturization. For the most part, miniaturization would come from incorporating systems on chips. Most op amps and microcontrollers are much small

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 is in its POD

Congrats! On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:54 AM, n0jy wrote: > Great work gentlemen, I'm looking forward to your launch! > > 73, > Jerry > N0JY > > > On 9/4/2013 11:52 AM, Graham Shirville wrote: > >> The AMSAT FUNcube team are delighted to be able to announce that the >> FUNcube-1 CubeSat has now co

[amsat-bb] Re: A0 40 replacement

a launch, and to build the highly > miniaturized spacecraft in the first place. > > > On 09/04/2013 11:31 AM, Bryce Salmi wrote: > >> Yea but increasing frequency helps with that. With directional antennas >> the satellite would need attitude control whic

[amsat-bb] Re: A0 40 replacement

This has been asked many times. Instead of reiterating the reasons why one is not currently being worked on (at least by AMSAT-NA) I'll like you to an email that was on this list last week from Brent, KB1LQD, that AMSAT-UK picked up: http://amsat-uk.org/2013/09/02/amateur-radio-cubesat-to-heo/ H

[amsat-bb] Re: SO-50

Clint, I said the ARRL Official Observers, not the FCC... Last time I checked the official observers were volunteers, not federal employees. Your comment "For a decade now I have witnessed "problems" handled with phone calls and email mesages. There't no reason we cannot continue to take care of t

[amsat-bb] Re: So50

I may be mistaken but wouldn't instances like this be viable candidates to notify an ARRL Official Observer about? They are there to help educate people about proper operating practices and nudge others who are pushing the limits. Bryce KB1LQC On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:11 AM, B J wrote: > On 9

[amsat-bb] Re: [Sort of Off Topic] Non-Ham Satellites of Interest

in a stdby mode. I listened the modulated carrier on may 16th, but at > the beginning of june till now only an unmodulated carrier. > >Try this one first. ;-) > >73 ! > >J-P/F5YG > > -- > Powered by Linux (Slackware 10.0 - kernel 2.4.26) > > On

[amsat-bb] [Sort of Off Topic] Non-Ham Satellites of Interest

This is more of a curious question to anyone with some knowledge of non-ham satellites (I know about the NOAA satellites though). Are there any satellites that would be worth tracking at taking a listen to with an Arrow handheld antenna and a Yeasu VX-8R (HT with AM/FM modes). This is simply my cur

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Awards

Awesome! Thanks for your help and efforts on the awards section. Bryce KB1LQC On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Bruce wrote: > As the AMSAT server is being rebuilt, I have just rebuilt all the AMSAT > award pages. You can reach them by going to amsat.org and clicking on > Services. You will fin

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellites Status

Vincent, Gordon Pearce just had a similar question which was answered. You can check out the following websites: http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/frequencies-of-active-satellites/ http://oscar.dcarr.org/ Hope this helps! Bryce Salmi KB1LQC On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Vincenzo Mone

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Status page?

functionality. I hope this helps and rest assured, people are moving along on the website development. Bryce Salmi KB1LQC On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > For a while now when I've tried to look at the satellite status page, it's > thrown a database

[amsat-bb] Re: Google Project Loon - 2400 / 5800 MHz

Thank you for sending this out Trevor. Below is a copy of what I sent out to the local club email list earlier in the month. PART is a very fun and welcoming club, anyone interested in attending is more than welcome. Meetings do tend to be well attended. Bryce Salmi KB1LQC -- Below is a

[amsat-bb] Re: Pass prediction - New Option - ALL

#x27;m sure would be used often at schools, hamfests, club meetings, etc. 73's, Bryce Salmi KB1LQC On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > The pass prediction page is wonderful! Great work! > > But it is tedious if you simply want to know what is the next satell

[amsat-bb] Re: Path to HEO

I'll throw this one out there though I'm sure some of you already know about it. "Rocket Propulsion Elements" is a pretty good book on the basics of rocket propulsion. I've dabbled in it a few times but do plan on a more comprehensive study (I'm an EE and actual coursework takes precedence over thi

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