Comments on: One Sponsor for PongSat Mission Needed http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=2886 Our Journey to Space Sun, 11 Dec 2022 19:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SCH Thurston http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=2886#comment-76874 SCH Thurston Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:38:10 +0000 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=2886#comment-76874 Is the Pup ready to fly chase? What's the surface like at the Empire airport? (FAA info simply specifies "dirt." What you'd rather know is "prop damage probability...") Or will you just use the dry lake bed surface? If launch is 9th or a subsequent Saturday you might have just got yourself a makeshift ATCT. (2nd I'm in Florida.) I've got a tiny handheld GPS I can let you borrow, too. (Moving map, baby!) It mounts to a bracket and is stable and easy to use. I'm guessing Ed and any of your other hardcore pilots are going to be busy doing other duties. Be a pleasure to be your eyes on the ground if needed. You give me position reports and I'll plot you on a sectional. Nearly as good as mode C! Is the Pup ready to fly chase? What’s the surface like at the Empire airport? (FAA info simply specifies “dirt.” What you’d rather know is “prop damage probability…”) Or will you just use the dry lake bed surface?

If launch is 9th or a subsequent Saturday you might have just got yourself a makeshift ATCT. (2nd I’m in Florida.) I’ve got a tiny handheld GPS I can let you borrow, too. (Moving map, baby!) It mounts to a bracket and is stable and easy to use. I’m guessing Ed and any of your other hardcore pilots are going to be busy doing other duties. Be a pleasure to be your eyes on the ground if needed. You give me position reports and I’ll plot you on a sectional. Nearly as good as mode C!

]]> By: Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=2886#comment-76873 Administrator Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:34:24 +0000 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=2886#comment-76873 No new sponsor yet, but a lot more PongSats! We've been working the schedule with the team and April 9th looks like the flight date. No new sponsor yet, but a lot more PongSats! We’ve been working the schedule with the team and April 9th looks like the flight date.

]]> By: SCH Thurston http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=2886#comment-76872 SCH Thurston Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:56:56 +0000 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=2886#comment-76872 Three CubeSats lost this morning on the unsuccessful Taurus launch from Vandenberg AFB. Very sad. Fingers and toes crossed these PongSats make it! Mission update? Money coming in? Launch date still 2nd April? What's the backup date? Three CubeSats lost this morning on the unsuccessful Taurus launch from Vandenberg AFB. Very sad. Fingers and toes crossed these PongSats make it! Mission update? Money coming in? Launch date still 2nd April? What’s the backup date?

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