Extreme design: SuitSat pushes engineers’ limits
by Patrick Mannion, TechOnline
An excellent feature article on the design and creation of SuitSat and Amateur Radio technology in space.
http://tinyurl.com/6qvxqp
(This is DEFINITELY not your Grandfather’s radio!)
Take one used spacesuit. Insert Amateur Radios into the helment and toss it overboard in space. You’ve now made a “Suit-Sat” !!!
Hams had so much fun with the first one, that they are going to do it again.
SUITSAT-2
Plans to launch a second “SuitSat” spacesuit-turned-satellite are the
subject of discussions and presentations at the AMSAT Space Symposium [...]
Filed under: suitsat | Tagged: Amateur Radio, ARISS, Ham Radio, space, Suit Sat, suitsat | Comments Off
