AMSAT's Phase IV (lite)?

摘要

In AMSAT, it is deja vous all over again. We have been working SLOWLY on Eagle for years, trying to find a way to get it into space. We have done a complete redesign of Eagle. We have put it into a space frame that makes mechanical sense and will allow us to address the many issues of delivering the SERVICES we want to deliver to our users as well as all of the new users we wanted to attract. We have a paper design of a fantastic digital communications system. It is designed to carry digital voice or digital video (depending on the size of your ground antenna). We call it the advanced communications payload rather than digital payload to help everyone distinguish it from our previous digital communications endeavors. We have assured ourselves of having power in all seasons and times of the year. This is provided by the fold out solar panels you see depicted in Figure 1. We have a solid complement of linear transponders provided by software defined radio transponders (hey, I am the boss after all!)