[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi AMSATs, I just read the message about the tube-sats. I was having a look to their options, but when I understand well in the structure there is already a radio integrated ? What is the area that can be used for electronics ? The weight is max. 250 grams, which is no problem to handle one off

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread Alexandru Csete
Quoting William Leijenaar pe1...@yahoo.com: Hi AMSATs, I just read the message about the tube-sats. I was having a look to their options, but when I understand well in the structure there is already a radio integrated ? Hi William, You can get a tubesat both with or without

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread Trevor .
before they get a working launch system. 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Tue, 26/1/10, William Leijenaar pe1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: William Leijenaar pe1...@yahoo.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$ To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Tuesday, 26 January, 2010, 13:48 Hi AMSATs, I

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-16 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Tubesats/Cansats are very interesting for some uses. Bob Twiggs is big on them, and is so far as I know their launch customer. However, there are a lot of issues which need to be addressed if you are interested in a relatively long term, sophisticated satellite such as we need. In many cases,

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-16 Thread Rocky Jones
-0500 From: b...@innismir.net To: luclebla...@videotron.ca CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org; eu-am...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$ Luc Leblanc wrote: As they said TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in December of 2010