[amsat-bb] Iridium, parts recycled

["Miles Mann" <Miles.Mann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Last week I was at Goddard and saw the engineers working
on a new set of solar wings for the Hubbell Telescope.
The new Solid wings are completely different than the existing
un-rolled solar Hubbell wings.  I was told that a set of solar wings
designed for
use on an Iridium satellite were being recycled to be used on the
Hubbell.
Next year a shuttle will go to Hubbell and swap solar panels.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/future/manifest2001.html

The Iridium wings generate more power and do not wiggle as much
as the current Hubbell wings.

Miles


Bob Bruninga wrote:
> 
> > Just read on Yahoo news that Iridium is not dead.  The Pentagon has stepped
> > in an backed a deal that involves Boeing...
> 
> The lack of commercially viable Satellite Phones (in competition with
> cheap cellular phones) is one thing that excites me about desiging Amateur
> Satellites that can operate with HandHeld amateur radios.
> 
> Its one area where Ham Radio operators will still have an advantage over
> off-the-shelf commercial (everybody has one) systems.  Compared to a cell
> phone, a Ham Radio HT is totally unimpressive to the general public.  But
> if I can carry it to timbuktoo and communicate (for free)... now that gets
> their attention..
> 
> Long live Ham radio....
> 
> Bob
> 
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