MISC> Cut-Rate Satellite A Steal In Space
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- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:41:52 -0600
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Cut-Rate Satellite A Steal In Space
From The Associated Press
Originally Published: January 24, 2002
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat.html
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Once every 100 minutes, a bargain basement satellite
loops around the earth, sending and receiving digital messages over
antennae made from a metal tape measure.
A sailor on a solo crossing of the Atlantic bounces signals off the
satellite to stay in touch with his family. New Zealanders on a
cross-country hike use it to communicate with friends back home.
Any ham radio user with the proper digital packet-transmitting equipment
who is within 2,000 miles of the 25-pound satellite can use it to send
single-line text messages to a public channel.
After four months in space, the U.S. Naval Academy's ``bird'' is proving
surprisingly resilient, to the delight of the midshipmen and faculty
advisers who designed and built it.
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