[HamSat] Fw: [amsat-bb] The EAGLE satellite

[Tim Pickett]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi at bellsouth.net>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 8:38 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] The EAGLE satellite


> Over the past weekend I was privileged to attend the second EAGLE planning 
> meeting.
>
> First - the EAGLE project is very much alive and progressing quite well. 
> Granted, I had some concerns going into the meetings, but these were 
> quickly put to rest.  The project has excellent leadership, excellent 
> technical expertise, a great deal of actual satellite experience and a 
> wonderful 'get it done' attitude from all the teams.
>
> The open design and development concept for EAGLE should be quite 
> informative to those of us outside the design team.  We will have a great 
> opportunity to learn more about what goes into making the decisions about 
> the spacecraft, its orbit and its operational modes.  In addition, we all 
> now assume the responsibility to make this the best thought out, 
> documented and tested amateur satellite ever.
>
> So, following in the age old AMSAT tradition of volunteering to fill a 
> need, I have volunteered to help communicate what is going on with the 
> EAGLE project. This a short introduction to many updates coming over the 
> next months and years as the AMSAT-NA EAGLE satellite project matures into 
> an orbiting satellite.  I am planning on releasing a report at least once 
> a month and more often when important information becomes available.  This 
> report will be available through the AMSAT BB and on the EAGLE website.
>
> There already is so much to write about that I am going to have to break 
> it down into different areas on each report, because I won't have time to 
> write about all the areas in each report. There are many separate, 
> parallel efforts going on during this early stage.  As these separate 
> projects mature, the integration and coordination of these modules into 
> the EAGLE satellite should prove to be a fascinating journey.
>
> One of the items discussed was the 2006 EAGLE budget.  As you can see from 
> the EAGLE project thermometer on the AMSAT EAGLE site, $33k won't go very 
> far.  It is time to start purchasing items for development and EAGLE needs 
> your support both as a volunteer and as a donor.  You can do both of these 
> on the AMSAT web site.
>
> I am interested in some people to help me take the raw technical 
> information provided by the project teams and put this into a more 
> digestible format. Let me know if you are interested.
>
> Expect my first report before too long.
>
> 73,
> Gould, WA4SXM ----
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