1969912 0 #1 July 19, 2007 Interesting: -------- SuitSat is a payload that was installed in a discarded Russian Orlan EVA suit that was ejected from the International Space Station. It carried an amateur radio beacon that was activated in the two meter band. After activation SuitSat transmitted for several orbits and then was thought to go silent. However better equipped stations were able to continue to hear it, and it was assumed that it somehow dropped into a very low power mode. NORAD later identified some debris in the vicinity of SuitSat (NORAD Number 28934) which may have been part of the payload or possibly the SuitSat antenna. Based on the reports the SuitSat team has received, the last confirmed reception of the SuitSat voice audio was on Saturday February 18 Bob King's station, VE6BLD in Canada. The last confirmed telemetry was received by Richard Crow's station, N2SPI in the USA. ---------- http://www.suitsat.org/ "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #3 July 19, 2007 Quoteand? It is a good educational opportunity for the kids that are involved. Better than just chuckin the old pressure suit out empty. Also, "One of the reasons our Russian colleagues were interested in developing SuitSat was as an on-orbit commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. This university is where many of the engineers in the Russian Space Agency graduated. As a result, the Russian-generated messages include congratulatory comments to the Bauman Moscow State Technical University." http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/BauerSuitsat/ "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
