[Ground-station] HEO proposal for JAMSAT - first meetup 1 August 2022

[Michelle Thompson]

My daughter gave a thumbs-up and I asked one of the JAMSAT people I know
too. Should hear back tomorrow.

-Michelle Thompson




On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 6:15 PM Samudra Haque [TTLLC] <
sehaque at tekterrain.com> wrote:

> Test test test .. play the sound button and hear how it sounds to US
> folks. Then ask Japanese speaker to listen and ask them if the translation.
> Is correct.
>
>  I am suggesting Something  like "high flyer" in the link below.
>
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> https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ja&text=high%20flyer&op=translate
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> *From:* Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2022 9:06:21 PM
> *To:* Samudra Haque [TTLLC] <sehaque at tekterrain.com>
> *Cc:* Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
> <ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute>
> *Subject:* Re: [Ground-station] HEO proposal for JAMSAT - first meetup 1
> August 2022
>
> I set it to "unnamed project" and have some proposed changes. We also have
> updated link budgets, updated block diagrams, and updated architecture.
>
> -Michelle Thompson
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> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:37 PM Michelle Thompson <
> mountain.michelle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good idea. I think JAMSAT should get final naming rights, and we can make
> that clear. We will need one for proposal work, but it should still be
> international.
>
> -Michelle Thompson
>
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> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:30 PM Samudra Haque [TTLLC] <
> sehaque at tekterrain.com> wrote:
>
> Can we discuss project name not in English? To reflect the spirit of
> international and inter-cultyral cooperation. Example: Zarya, etc.
>
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> *To:* Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
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> *Subject:* [Ground-station] HEO proposal for JAMSAT - first meetup 1
> August 2022
>
> Greetings all,
>
> We have an opportunity to present a HEO proposal to JAMSAT.
>
> They want a HEO. They need more engineers and volunteers. We have core
> technology and technical volunteers.
>
> Attached is a presentation from Jan King from the 2014 AMSAT-NA Symposium.
> There was a workshop and presentation. I know several people on the list
> were there.
>
> I'd like  to take this proposal (attached) and *update it for 2022*. This
> will be an open source project, open to international collaboration, and
> everyone that can follow our code of conduct and comply with our
> participant and developer guidelines is welcome to join.
>
> We'll have a weekly "office hours" meetup. Day and time will most likely
> be Monday evening US Pacific starting out. First meetup will be this coming
> Monday, 1 August 2022.
>
> We have a $50,000 pledge for funding (if the proposal is accepted). This
> is a good start! There are many other opportunities for fundraising once we
> have a viable proposal. Fundraising will be challenging but not impossible.
>
> There is a lot of work that needs to be done before presenting to JAMSAT,
> but we're well within reach and we are capable of delivering a very good
> result. P4DX and other project work will be included.
>
> If you are not familiar with JAMSAT, they are the national Japanese
> amateur satellite organization. We have presented our work at their
> Symposium, they have been gracious and generous hosts, they support open
> source, and have a friendly and active membership. The JAMSAT newsletter is
> outstanding.
>
> We are weakest on thermal design, but we did get some familiarity with
> basic modeling using Thermal Desktop.
>
> We are second-weakest on propulsion, with our focus being on
> synchronization techniques for electric motors. You may have noticed our
> fundraiser to build an application for the patent we have been allowed to
> use/exploit from GWU.
>
> We are strongest on digital communications.
>
> I expect we will leverage a lot of workflow know-how from Libre Space
> Foundation and others.
>
> We need a name for the project and a logo! If you're inspired to get
> creative, please share your ideas.
>
> Thank you,
> -Michelle Thompson
>
>
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