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<H1><FONT face="Arial Black">MAKE: Magazine - $8,000 DIY satellite
kit</FONT></H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The <EM>MAKE</EM> blog carries a short item on a satellite
you can launch for just $8,000.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The plan is to launch small Tube Sats on a Neptune 30
launcher from the island of Tonga in the Pacific and the first lauch is slated
for the end of the year. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>These satellite will go into a very low earth orbit and
would probably have a lifetime of a few months.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read the MAKE magazine blog article at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/07/8000_diy_satellite_kit.html"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/07/8000_diy_satellite_kit.html</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>CubeSat to launch on Neptune 30<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2010/miniromit_1.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2010/<BR>miniromit_1.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Interorbital<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.interorbital.com/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.interorbital.com/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Getting started on Amateur Radio Satellites
PDF<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/408/168/"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/408/168/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, which
is full of Amateur Satellite information.<BR>Join online at </FONT><A
href="https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/" target=_blank><FONT
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