Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Eagle costs

["John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a good program to help put more LEO satellites up. However many AMSAT
members are clamoring for a HEO. Have they ever orbited a HEO satellite under
this program?

73,

John
KD6OZH

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy J. Salo" <salo@saloits.com>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Monday, 06 September, 2004 00:58 UTC
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Eagle costs


> > From: RaySoifer
> > Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:26:09 EDT
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Eagle costs
> >
> > ... "there's no such thing as a free launch."
>
> My paper for this year's AMSAT Space Symposium is titled:
> "The DoD Space Test Program: Free Launches for Amateur Satellites".
> The Space Test Program (STP) has launched, at no cost to the satellite
> builders, at least nine satellites that have been assigned OSCAR
> numbers or could otherwise be reasonably classified as amateur satellites:
>
> o PANSAT (PO-34)
> o ASUSat1 (AO-37)
> o OPAL (AO-38)
> o JAWSAT (WO-39)
> o Starshine 3 (SO-43)
> o PCSat (NO-44)
> o Sapphire (NO-45)
> o StenSAT (picosat launched by OPAL)
> o Thelma and Louise (picosat launched by OPAL)
>
> If fact, the STP can easily budget up to $6M to fund pre-launch activities.
>
> Of course, these aren't quite "free" launches.  Satellites must
> demonstrate technical merit and DoD relevance through a very
> competitive review process.
>
> -tjs
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