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NEIL RAPP, WB9VPG, SAID HE HOPES TO REPLICATE THE PILOT CAMP EXPERIENCE
OVER MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE YEARS TO COME.  THE CAMPS OPENING OBSERVANCE
FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER TIM DUFFY, K3LR, WHO TOLD THE CAMPERS, AMATEUR
RADIO IS THE BEST HOBBY IN THE WORLD.  GENESIS SATELLITES AMONG PAYLOADS
LOST IN LAUNCH FAILURE THE GENESIS L AND GENESIS N HAM RADIO SATELLITES
WERE AMONG SEVERAL CARRYING AMATEUR RADIO PAYLOADS LOST FOLLOWING THE
FAILURE OF THE FIREFLY ALPHA ROCKET DURING ITS FIRST LAUNCH ON SEPTEMBER 2
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FROM THE VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA.  THIS WAS SAD NEWS FOR
AMSAT EA SPAIN, AS GENESIS L AND GENESIS N WERE THE FIRST SATELLITES THEY
HAD BUILT THEMSELVES.  ACCORDING TO THE AMSAT EA WEBSITE, THE GENESIS
SATELLITES WERE DESTROYED AFTER THE FIREFLY ALPHA VEHICLE PRESENTED AN
ANOMALY AS IT HIT A VELOCITY OF MACH 1 AND REACHED MAX Q, A POINT OF
MAXIMUM AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE ON THE VEHICLE.  GENESIS L AND GENESIS N WERE
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