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USNA "Budget" Satellite Launched and Functioning

Posted by timothy on from the hey-bob-where's-my-metal-tape-measure dept.

Arpad Korossy writes: "Hey, you ran a story on this earlier, and some people expressed doubt whether a sattelite made for a tenth of the usual cost using mostly components from Radio Shack would work; well, it has. The best line in the whole article has to be 'Instead of a $50,000 antenna system, the group used a metal tape measure.""

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  1. Re:surprise by carm$y$ · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Imagine the surprise it can cause to the guys in the baloon if it suddenly comes down. :)
    There's a lot of space junk already floating aroung, no need to send it on purpose... imho.

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  2. Re:$50000 by vortigern00 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It sounds like you have a good point, but you should not back it up by lying about working in an uplink station.

    Anyone who worked in an uplink station would know how to spell satellite.