Re: [amsat-bb] new sat

[guy lemke <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 0 degree's theirs not much difference other then a little more power needed
on the uplink for north america... If we put 3 or 4 of these type of birds we
would have very good continuous (or almost continuous) coverage of almost all of
the earth...

I was looking for a orbit that would cover from the top to the bottom of the
earth for a reasonable amount of time with only a small lapse of time in between
coverage.

A GEO orbit would do the same but I believe that it would cost to much for the
amateur community to do it right now ???

Murray Peterson VK2KGM wrote:

>     The difficult part is the 5 degrees above the equator! Orbits have to be
> an elipse (a circle is a special elipse with both foci at one spot - the
> centre) with the centre of the earth at on focus. That is if the orbit is
> not directly above the equator then it will have to cross the equator twice
> each orbit.
>
>     I think an interesting orbit would be circular about 30,000 km above the
> equator which would be almost "geosync", that is it would appear to move
> slowly across the sky at a constant speed and every where on the earth's
> surface would have it in view for about 8 or so hours moving slowly west to
> east. Every 3 days it would be in that ideal position at that ideal time of
> day for several hours. This would apply every place on earth and so would be
> a great way to share the satellite.
>
> Regards,
>
> Murray Peterson
> VK2KGM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "guy lemke" <guy@com-pair.net>
> To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 8:10 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] new sat
>
> > I purpose a new satellite with an orbital parameters of:
> >
> >     1.    Average altitude of 10,000 miles
> >
> >     2.    5 degrees above the equator in a equatorial orbit this will
> > give good coverage
> >
> >     3.    Use the microsat structure for the space frame
> >
> >     4.    Two transponders one in cold storage for backup.. both of them
> > in the U/S bands.
> >             435 up 2.4 down. in the 5 to 10 watt output range
> >
> >     5.    5 to 6 Dbd gain antennas for both bands
> >
> >     6.    Solar cells with a high efficiency rating both startup and
> > long life
> >
> >     7.    Use the microsat attitude stabilization and control if
> > possible
> >
> >
> > Can some one produce keps for this type of orbit ??? and post them... Is
> > any one interested???
> >
> >
> >
> >             guy lemke
> >             kd6mtu
> >
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