Re: [amsat-bb] Sea Launch prepares to launch Galaxy 16 satellite

["Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxxxxxx>]

SeaLaunch History:

A point of History, was that our predecessor to PCSAT-1 was
supposed to be on the 1st Sea Launch in 1999.  We heard about the
launch opportuniy 3 months before launch and built a quickie
TNC satellite and got to within a week of shipping to the launch 
integrator but the State Departement stepped in and said that 
the Amateur Satellite was not part of the original Manifest.

And no way was a "DOD payload" (we are a government
uniersity) going to fly on a Russian Rocket from a scandanavian
ship in internatinal waters wthout about 3 years of paperwork.

Here was the original web page... (but that opportunity did
get us into the amateur satellite build game and we have
now delivered 5 amateur satellites since)...
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/natsat.html

de Wb4APR, Bob
US Naval Academy Satellite Lab


>>> "Trevor M5AKA" <m5aka@hotmail.com> 06/07/06 3:30 AM >>>
It's good that the Sea Launch team are continuing their series of launches, 
the latest being the Galaxy 16 satellite, see

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2006/sea_launch.htm 

Does anyone know if any opportunities for Amateur payloads are likely to 
available in the future on this launch platform ?

73 Trevor M5AKA
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