According to US Mission Control in Houston, ARISSat-1 was supposed to have two antennas -- one 70 cm antenna and one 2 meter antenna -- but Volkov and Samokutyaev expressed concern when they saw only one antenna. After discussions between the cosmonauts, the payload manager and the ground teams in Houston and Moscow, it was decided to delay the deployment. At the time, it was uncertain if the satellite would even be deployed during this spacewalk. If ARISSat-1 was not deployed during today’s spacewalk, the next opportunity for its deployment would be February 2012. “Instead of taking chances on the satellite not working properly once deployed, it has been decided to secure it for the time being,” US Mission Control reported when the decision to delay was made.
After much consultation, Mission Control in Moscow told the cosmonauts that they were going to go ahead and deploy the satellite. At 1843 UTC, Volkov jettisoned ARISSat-1 from his position on the Pirs docking compartment on the ISS.
The loss of the UHF antenna means that the 435 MHz/145 MHz linear transponder may not be operational. According to US Mission Control, it can also mean that there may be loss in the data that can be downloaded from ARISSat-1, as well as a loss of control capability from the ground. Even so, radio amateurs will be able to copy voice, BPSK and SSTV messages.
Do you think NASA with its tests and retests simply lost the 435 MHz antenna on a satellite ?
Or do you think the freeloaders that command PAVE PAWS for over $100,000 of your taxes in salary, free education, $3000 in food (not to mention PX shopping) and $18,000 in housing "did" it for their Raytheon handlers ?
The bird was totally knocked off 435 MHz, the band lying Raytheon drove hams off of here and in California, even as they allow a 9 repeater, 9 location, 100w linked fire department system to take shape on 453 MHz. And they allow the Cape Cod RTA to run its repeater on 453 as well. It was just peanut whistle hams that coexisted through 30 years of operation in the Cold War sham that were a sudden "danger" that gave lying, thieving, USA-bankrupting Boston-area defense contractors endless busy work.
And all this happened after they held an "open house" never held in 30 years of operations in the Cold War sham let alone the sham "War on Terror" (try resurrected stage theater with the Bormann group and other enemies of the Roman Empire) to size up the pear shaped, weeble wobble, retired, mellowed out Cape Cod hams.
If there's unlawful acts and burgeoning tyranny, look to murdering Massachusetts companies.
SPQR
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