[jamsat-bb:4086] SUNSAT DELAYED NOW 15 JAN 1998

[Tak Okamoto <ja2pki@amsat.org>]

> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:32:06 +0200
> From: Hans <hans@intekom.co.za>
> Subject: [amsat-international] SUNSAT DELAYED NOW 15 JAN 1998
> 
> DELAYED BY 24 HOURS launch coverage now 15 January 1999
> 10:00 ュ 11:30 UTC
> 
> SUNSAT LAUNCH TO  BE COVERED LIVE ON SHORTWAVE
> 
> South Africa痴 first satellite, SUNSAT, will be launched on 15 January
> from van den Berg Airforce Base. Live coverage will be broadcast by
> ZS6SRL on short-wave and various Amateur Frequencies, The short-wave
> broadcast will run from 10:00 UTC till 11:30  on the following
> frequencies:
> 31 metreband     9525 kHz  100 kW Omni Directional antenna
> 16 metreband    17870 kHz   250 kW beamed 19 degrees
> 13 metreband  21530 kHz   500 kW beamed 340 degrees
> 
> SUNSAT was built by students at the University of Stellenbosch  who have
> done the detailed design and software development while system level
> design was carried out by lecturers, some of whom have studied at the
> Universities of Surrey, Stanford and MIT
> 
> 
> SUNSAT has several payloads with two of the  focus areas on Amateur
> Radio and School Science projects. In addition SUNSAT will carry  NASA
> experiments and an experimental pushbroom imager.
> 
> 
> The transmission will carry back ground interviews  and live coverage
> from the launch site.
> 
> QSL to SARL P O BOX 1942 Hillcrest 3650 South Africa. Email to
> sarlnews@intekom.co.za
> 
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