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Build your own satell= ite:

the Sputnik Challenge=

Howard Long

15 November 2007

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Abstract

 

This project was inspired by a BBC = News article= [i]= available online published on 22 October 2007. It asked readers to have a g= o at building their own satellite, reflecting on fifty years since Sputnik became the first man made satellite in space to orbit the Earth. Presented is a demonstration satellite providing both data and voice capabilities using readily available parts and built on the author’s kitchen counter.

 

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