Re: [amsat-bb] I have an idea. Please read

[Lee810@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 6/9/00 11:15:53 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
krandino@snet.net writes:

> I have been
>  considering the possiblilty that this group or a derivative should try to
>  launch a solar
>  power aircraft with battery backup that would spend its time slowly 
circling
>  around an
>  area above 60000 feet with FM repeater equipment on board. 

A similar idea is under development using the Proteus aircraft from Scaled 
Composites. It is not solar powered, however.  In fact, it has a 40KW payload 
to provide broadband connections for metropolitan areas.

See

 http://www.angelhalo.com/

You might be able to do something on an extremely small scale using solar 
power, like a single channel low power cross band FM repeater just for the 
novelty of it, similar to a balloon launch.  But if you had a persistent 
60,000 ft vantage point, you'd most certainly want to do something a bit more 
ambitious.  And if the Angel Technologies idea takes off, you'll certainly 
not have that 60,000 foot flight level all to yourself.

Lee Devlin, KØLEE  (K0LEE)
Greeley, CO
http://members.aol.com/lee810/ham.html
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