Technically it is not a communications satellite
Roger
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Chris Bloy wrote:
Technically the R/B isn't a satellite??
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Hi Robert,
Non-working Amateur Satellite still in-orbit? (AO-13?)
Oscar III...then Oscar V...Oscar V has no chance of coming back to life, it
was battery powered.. III? I dont think that there were enough solar cells
on it to actually power the bird, but I could be wrong. I do listen for
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Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2010 9:43:20 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Oldest working orbiting satellite? Todays quiz!
Hi Robert,
Non-working Amateur Satellite still in-orbit? (AO-13?)
Oscar III...then Oscar V...Oscar V has no chance of coming back to life, it
was battery
At 03:43 AM 11/5/2010, Chris Bloy wrote:
Hi Robert,
Non-working Amateur Satellite still in-orbit? (AO-13?)
Oscar III...then Oscar V...Oscar V has no chance of coming back to life, it
was battery powered.. III? I dont think that there were enough solar cells
on it to actually power the
Hi Tony,
Technically the R/B isn't a satellite??
The R/B _is_ a satellite if it's in orbit around the Earth, and it's non
functional - it became non functional when it finished its job of putting
the satellite into its orbit. :)
Hmm, this I guess is true so maybe I need to ensure that I include
I got my first taste of satellites listening to ATS-3 with a discone,
wideband tower mounted preamp, and Regency MX-3000 receiver back in
about 1984. There were continual round table discussions by the Bahia
from places like Roatonga. 135.575 MHz I recall.
Does anyone else recall this
The moon.
;-)
KB7ADL
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At 07:42 AM 11/5/2010, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote:
The moon.
;-)
That thought did cross my mind. The moon is still working in both
its original role (as stabiliser of the Earth's axis) and as a
passive communications satellite. ;)
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com
Depending on how you define working, one might claim that PCSAT-1 is the
oldest working student built satellite?
I still see successful packets on http://pcsat.aprs.org
Oh, and this week, I notice ISS APRS packets active on every pass...
Bob, WB4APR
