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Posted: 11/17/2018 7:37:09 PM EDT
Today SpaceX have successfully launched and deployed the Es'hail-2 satellite which is now in geostationary orbit. This launch is special for amateur radio enthusiasts because it is the first geostationary satellite that contains an amateur radio transponder on it. The satellite is positioned at 25.5°E which is over Africa. It will cover Africa, Europe, the Middle East, India, eastern Brazil and the west half of Russia/Asia. Unfortunately, North America, Japan, most of South America, Australia and NZ miss out.
More details here. Any of you guys are buddies with Elon Musk? Maybe we can launch an ARFCOM bird? Maybe get a couple of Baofengs and duct tape them to a solar panel? LOL. 
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Posted: 11/17/2018 8:01:35 PM EDT
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I've often wondered what it would cost to do that. When we hit the lottery I'll make sure the US has one or two overhead.
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Posted: 11/17/2018 8:07:01 PM EDT
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very cool
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Posted: 11/17/2018 8:30:19 PM EDT
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Awesome, too bad it’s over Africa.
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Posted: 11/17/2018 10:20:24 PM EDT
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10ghz/2.4ghz... so i can hit it with my wifi!
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Posted: 11/17/2018 10:21:44 PM EDT
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Awesome, too bad it’s over Africa. |
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Posted: 11/18/2018 12:07:19 AM EDT
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over africa with middleast , russia and EU coverage
gee, I wonder what else it does |
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Posted: 11/18/2018 2:07:37 PM EDT
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over africa with middleast , russia and EU coverage gee, I wonder what else it does |
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Posted: 11/18/2018 2:14:02 PM EDT
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over africa with middleast , russia and EU coverage gee, I wonder what else it does |
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Posted: 11/27/2018 1:56:33 PM EDT
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AMSAT has plans for "five and dime" geostationary satellites with global coverage. "Five and dime" is 5Ghz up and 10GHz down. I don't care to know what the radios to use them will cost.
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Posted: 11/28/2018 12:23:00 PM EDT
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IIRC they have a team working on the radios for 5/10 and the intent was the whole ground station would be < $1K.
I think the original idea of Molinya orbits makes more sense than geostationary but obviously that greatly complicated the antenna aiming. At this point it probably makes even more sense to work on a fleet of LEO microsats with some kind of mesh-like networking. |
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Posted: 11/28/2018 1:05:34 PM EDT
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Geo is easier because they basically have to piggyback on a commercial launch. Hell, on this latest one they are piggybacking off the satellite itself!
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Posted: 11/28/2018 10:51:51 PM EDT
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Geo is easier because they basically have to piggyback on a commercial launch. Hell, on this latest one they are piggybacking off the satellite itself! |
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Posted: 11/28/2018 11:09:47 PM EDT
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over africa with middleast , russia and EU coverage gee, I wonder what else it does |
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Posted: 11/28/2018 11:10:25 PM EDT
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AMSAT has plans for "five and dime" geostationary satellites with global coverage. "Five and dime" is 5Ghz up and 10GHz down. I don't care to know what the radios to use them will cost. |
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Posted: 11/29/2018 4:15:15 PM EDT
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Yeah im sure that space force needs to piggyback bullshit on a comercial sat. Though im sure thats happened before too. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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over africa with middleast , russia and EU coverage gee, I wonder what else it does ie Air America you probably think the hubble telescope always points toward the stars dont you :) |
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