AMSAT P3E Report

A P3E satellite design review meeting was held in Marburg Germany from January 26th through January 30th.

The primary focus of this meeting was the design of the IHU-3 and the CAN-Do interface.

In attendance for AMSAT-NA were Bob McGwier N4HY, Bdale Garbee KB0G, Stephen Moraco KC0FTQ, Lyle Johnson KK7P, and Chuck Green N0ADI.

AMSAT-DL was represented by AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow DB2OS, Prof. Dr. Karl Meinzer DJ4ZC, Hartmut Paesler DL1YDD, Gerhart Metz DG2CV and 3-E Project Manager Heike Straube. A great deal of progress was made during the week.

A detailed task and schedule list was prepared for completion of IHU-3 and related tasks over the next several months.

AMSAT-NA President Rick Hambly W2GPS, who spent the week in Germany and Austria on business, joined the meeting on Saturday, January 29th. This was Rick's first visit to AMSAT-DL in Marburg. Rick was very pleased with the warm reception he received and with the great progress that has been made on the P3E satellite.

[ANS thanks Rick, W2GPS for the above information]

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