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2 edits | Amateur nano-satellite orbiting earth
Pehuensat-1, a remarkable private nano-satellite, has been heard (at 145Mhz) for 2 weeks now. »www.southgatearc.org/news/januar···wide.htm
The tiny 6 kg satellite was built from low-cost off-the-shelf parts by Argentinian University students and was launched by an Indian rocket that also carried first sat built in Indonesia and re-usable Indian space capsule successfully returned to the Bay of Bengal.
»www.space.com/missionlaunches/sf···nch.html
Some of us dream it is another step towards affordable LEO satellites for WISP backhaul to rural and remote areas. »Re: Truth or Consequences |
