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[jamsat-news:1200] ANS 360
My apologies for the late delivery of ANS 360, due to a computer
problem at my QTH - Not a Y2K Problem
Robin Haighton VE3FRH
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 360
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North
America, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the
activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an
active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating
through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
Information on AMSAT-NA is available at the following URL:
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ANS would like to take this opportunity to wish the happiness of the
holiday season to all satellite operators worldwide. May your dreams
and wishes be realized in the New Year! Happy holidays from ANS
Editor Dan James, NN0DJ!
ANS 360 will be the last edition of ANS until January 9, 2000 (there
will be no ANS next week). ANS Editor NN0DJ will be in Montana
to welcome the new millennium and will return following the start of
the New Year!
This edition of ANS is dedicated to the memory of two young, promising
emergency volunteers who were on an errand for the American Red Cross
when they were involved in a fatal car accident. John Schmeltzer, N1ZKF,
and his best friend Dwight Renfrew were killed when their car went out of
control and struck a tree off of a rain-slicked highway. Both youths died at
the scene. Schmeltzer was an active radio club member, an ARRL member
and a SKYWARN spotter. AMSAT-NA adds our thoughts and prayers for
their families at this difficult time.
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JAWSAT DATA - PART 3
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 360.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 26, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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As reported earlier in ANS, the JAWSAT launch (with Amateur Radio's
newest satellites) has been postponed until early 2000. This delayed
launch timeframe allows ANS to take a detailed look at each of the new
birds - last week ANS looked at OPAL, the Orbiting Picosat Automatic
Launcher. OPAL will be part of the JAWSAT multi-payload adapter
space-frame during launch. Following deployment, OPAL will in turn
'eject' three small satellites, one of which will be STENSAT.
STENSAT is a small (12 cubic inch, 8.2 ounce) satellite, which is
intended for use by Amateur Radio operators worldwide and will
operate as a single channel, Mode-J, FM voice transponder (much
like AO-27).
STENSAT will use an VHF uplink frequency of 145.840 MHz and a UHF
downlink on 436.625 MHz. The satellite will periodically use 1200 baud
packet for sending telemetry. Additionally, ham operators will be able to
'ping' the satellite by transmitting a six digit DTMF command string to the
receiver uplink.
For more information on STENSAT, visit the following URL:
http://users.erols.com/hheidt/
A web cast of the launch of JAWSAT (and STENSAT) is available. To
register for the web cast, visit the following URL:
http://www.webcastingtv.com/jawsat/
[ANS thanks Richard Limebear, G3RWL, for this information]
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STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT ON OSCAR
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 360.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 26, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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As ANS previously reported, if you are wondering how to welcome
the new millennium -- Ray, W2RS, has the answer, straight key
night on the active OSCAR satellites!
Ray invites satellite operators to participate in the 28th annual Y2K
edition of Straight Key Night on OSCAR, sponsored by AMSAT-NA.
The event is open to all radio amateurs worldwide.
As always, there are no rules, no scoring and no need to send in a log
at the end of the event. W2RS tells ANS that SKN is simple - all
operators need to do is operate using the continuous wave (CW) mode
of transmission (with a hand key!) on any OSCAR satellite, or the moon
(OSCAR-Zero), between 00:00 and 23:59 UTC on 1-January-2000.
All participants are encouraged to nominate the operator with the best
fist among those they heard or worked.
Please send your nomination to W2RS:
via e-mail: w2rs@amsat.org
via packet radio: W2RS @ WA2SNA.NJ.USA.NA (or)
W2RS @ GB7HSN.#32.GBR.EU
Ray also tells ANS that his listed callbook address is correct.
Best Fist nominees will be featured in an AMSAT News Service bulletin
in early February and in the next available issue of the AMSAT-NA
Journal following the contest end.
[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS, for this information]
/EX
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STS-103 UPDATE
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 360.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 26, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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The Hubble repair mission, STS-103, is well underway as this edition of
ANS is being prepared. After a flawless launch, Discovery and its seven
astronauts successfully completed a two-day chase to catch up to and
retrieve Hubble, closing on the telescope at a rate of about 340 nautical
miles with each orbit of Earth.
As ground controllers at Goddard Space Flight Center placed the space
telescope in an attitude with its closed aperture pointed toward Earth,
Commander Curt Brown guided Discovery through an approach from
below Hubble. Mission Specialist Jean-Francois Clervoy followed this
maneuver by reaching out with the shuttle's robotic arm to grip Hubble
itself. The successful 'grapple' was made about 24 hours after
Discovery's launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The first of three planned space walks to repair and upgrade Hubble
equipment took place on Wednesday. Mission Specialist and Payload
Commander Steve Smith and Mission Specialist John Grunsfeld first
replaced the telescope's three Rate Sensor Units. Each contains two
gyroscopes. The second major task completed was the installation of six
Voltage/Temperature improvement kits between Hubble's solar panels
and its six 10-year-old batteries. As Discovery astronauts completed these
high priority tasks, they also completed the second longest spacewalk
in history at 8 hours, 15 minutes.
Major tasks on Thursday's space walk by Michael Foale and Claude
Nicollier included replacement of Hubble's outmoded DF-224 computer
with a more modern unit 20 times faster and with six times the memory.
They also replaced one of Hubble's three fine guidance sensors, used
to precisely point the telescope and gather scientific data.
Discovery remains in excellent condition, in an orbit with a high point of
380 statute miles and a low point of 369 miles. The mission is on target for
a December 27th return landing.
[ANS thanks NASA for this information]
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ANS IN BRIEF
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 360.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 26, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-360.04
ANS news in brief this week includes the following:
** Stacey, W4SM, is wondering if satellite operators are ready to move
to 38k4 downlinks, noting that "at least two of the current satellites in
orbit, TO-31 and UO-36 have this capability. P3D's RUDAK has
multiple high speed modems and is likely to be very active at 38k4, as
well." W4SM and others have been working with G7UPN to tweak WISP
to function best with these new satellites. -AMSAT-BB
** NASA and the Boeing recently announced a modification to the
existing contract for the International Space Station that will focus the
remaining contract work on the upcoming assembly and early
operations tasks for the orbiting complex. The contract modification
completes a number of planned improvements to the existing contract.
-NASA
** Have you worked Kimio, 8J1RL, on AO-10? Photo's of Kimio in his
shack are available at the following site:
http://www.avana.net/~polar/gifs/people/8j1rl_kimio_in_shack.jpg
-Dave, W5UN
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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 360.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 26, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-360.05
RADIO SPORT RS-12
Uplink 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/SSB
Uplink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 29.408 MHz
Robot Uplink 21.129 MHz
Robot Downlink 29.454 MHz
Semi-operational, beacon only.
RADIO SPORT RS-13
Uplink 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/SSB
Uplink 145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 29.460 to 29.500 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 29.458 MHz
Robot Uplink 145.840 MHz
Robot Downlink 29.504 MHz
Operational, in mode-KA with a 10-meter downlink
and a 15-meter and 2-meter uplink.
AC5DK's RS-12/13 Satellite Operators Page:
http://www.qsl.net/ac5dk/rs1213/rs1213.html
AC5DK's RS-12/13 Satellite Forum:
http://www.hotboards.com/powerforum/pwrforum.exe?who=rs1213
RADIO SPORT RS-15
Uplink 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
SSB meeting frequency 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a
10-meter downlink.
Dave, WB6LLO, has operating information for both RS-15 and RS-13
on his personal web site. In addition to satellite data, antenna
information for mode-A operation is also featured. The WB6LLO
web site URL is:
http://home.san.rr.com/doguimont/uploads
OSCAR 10 AO-10
Uplink 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
Semi-operational, mode-B. AO-10 has been locked into a 70-cm uplink
and a 2-meter downlink for several years.
DX continues to be worked (and heard) on AO-10.
W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html
[ANS thanks Stacey Mills, W4SM, for his AO-10 status information and
web site]
AMRAD AO-27
Uplink 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink 436.795 MHz FM
Operational, mode J.
Scott, AC3A, has been active from EL86 (Sanibel Island).
AO-27 uses a method called Timed Eclipse Power Regulation (TEPR)
to regulate the on-board batteries. In simple terms, TEPR times how
long the satellite has been in an eclipse (or in the sun) and decides
what subsystems to turn on or off. The AO-27 pages on the AMSAT-NA
web site include an explanation of AO-27 operations (at):
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao27.html
Chuck, KM4NZ, reset the TEPR states on AO-27 (on 12/14/99).
TEPR 4 is 12 TEPR 5 is 48
[ANS thanks Chuck Wyrick, KM4NZ, and Michael Wyrick, N4USI, for
AO-27 information]
JAS-1b FO-20
Uplink 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.
JAS-1b (FO-20) was launched in February 1990 and continues
to function quite well.
[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports]
JAS-2 FO-29
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Operational, rotated with digital mode and digi-talker.
JAS-2 was successfully launched on August 17, 1996, by an H-II launch
vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Digital Mode JD
Uplink 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink 435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK
Digitalker 435.910 MHz
Operational, rotated with analog mode and digi-talker.
Mike, KF4FDJ, has put together a very informative document on FO-29,
addressing analog, digital and digi-talker modes. To obtain a copy
e-mail Mike at: kf4fdj@amsat.org
Kazu, JJ1WTK, reports the FO-29 operational schedule
(announced by the JARL) is as follows:
FO-29 command station of JARL announced that
the operation sked for FO-29 as follows:
through January 11th JA
Mineo, JE9PEL, has updated his FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis
Program. The software will automatically analyze all digital
telemetry from the satellite such as current, voltage and temperature.
The JE9PEL FO-29/software update is available at:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-29 status reports]
/EX
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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 360.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 26, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-360.06
KITSAT KO-25
Uplink 145.980 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 436.500 MHz FM
Operational.
Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-25 is operational with good data throughput.
[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for KO-25 status information]
UOSAT UO-22
Uplink 145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 435.120 MHz FM
Operational.
Chris, G7UPN, reported to ANS that UO-22 was reloaded with
new software to make the satellite Y2K compliant.
More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:
http://www.sstl.co.uk/
[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-22 status information]
OSCAR-11
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM, 1200 baud AFSK
Mode-S Beacon 2401.500 MHz
Operational.
The operating schedule is as follows:
ASCII status (210 seconds)
ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)
BINARY SEU (30 seconds)
ASCII TLM (90 seconds)
ASCII WOD (120 seconds)
ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)
BINARY ENG (30 seconds)
The ASCII bulletin is currently a static message, detailing modes and
frequencies of all active amateur radio satellites.
More information on OSCAR-11 is available at the following URL:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV, for OSCAR-11 status information]
PACSAT AO-16
Uplink 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.86 MHz FM
using 1200 baud Manchester FSK
Downlink 437.0513 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK
Mode-S Beacon 2401.1428 MHz
Non-operational.
Russ Platt, WJ9F, of the AO-16 Command Team tells ANS "it appears
that after 1900 plus days of operating -- AO-16 suffered a problem that
returned it to safe mode." WJ9F has been able to turn the 70-cm
transmitter back on. AO-16 is in MBL (Microsat Boot Loader) mode and
ground teams are checking the on-board memory to find the cause of
this problem. Stay tuned to ANS for further updates.
General information and telemetry WOD files can be found at:
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu
A complete collection of WOD graphics corresponding to the
year of 1998 can be found at:
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/wod1998.zip
[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for AO-16 status information]
LUSAT LO-19
Uplink 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM
using 1200 baud Manchester FSK
Downlink 437.125 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK
Currently semi-operational. No BBS service. The digipeater is active.
General information and telemetry samples can be found at:
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/lo19.htm
[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for LO-19 status information]
TMSAT-1 TO-31
Uplink 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Operational.
Chris, G7UPN, recently reloaded TO-31 with the new flight software to fix
a few minor Y2K issues. TO-31 users may also note that many of the high
resolution color images on TMSAT are now compressed using a UoSAT
compression format. This format is supported by the VK5HI CCD display
program.
ProcMail V2.00G has been released by G7UPN. This software permits
the processing of image files from TO-31. It has been posted to the
AMSAT-NA FTP site at the following URL:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/wisp
[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for TO-31 status
information]
PANSAT PO-34
Uplink/downlink frequencies have not been established.
The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions.
PanSat, developed by the Naval Postgraduate School, was launched
from the shuttle Discovery during STS-95. PanSat spread-spectrum
digital transponders will be available to amateur radio operators in the
near future along with software to utilize this technology.
Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, PanSat Project Manager recommends
'The ARRL Spread Spectrum Sourcebook' as a good place to start in
understanding the spread-spectrum scheme.
For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at:
http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/
PanSat is the featured cover article in the July/August 1999 issue of the
AMSAT-NA Journal (written by KD6DRA and N7HPR).
[ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, for this information]
SUNSAT SO-35
Semi-operational. SunSat has been in mode-B using an uplink
of 436.291 MHz (+/- doppler) and a 145.825 MHz downlink.
SunSat was launched February 23, 1999 aboard a Delta II rocket from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SunSat stands for
Stellenbosch University Satellite and takes it name from the South
African university whose students constructed the payload.
The SunSat package includes 1200 and 9600 baud digital
store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater system
that will be used primarily for educational demonstrations.
The satellite has two VHF and two UHF transmit-receive systems.
The SunSat schedule is as follows (supplied by Henry
Chamberlain, ZS1AAZ):
26-December Australia 02:07 to 02:21 UTC
Antarctic 08:46 to 09:00
South America 13:50 to 14:04
USA 15:44 to 15:58
Antarctic 20:03 to 20:13
27-December Antarctic 09:42 to 09:52 UTC
19:23 to 19:33
28-December Antarctic 09:01 to 09:11 UTC
20:22 to 20:32
29-December Antarctic 08:20 to 08:30 UTC
19:42 to 19:52
30-December Antarctic 09:20 to 09:30 UTC
20:43 to 20:53
31-December Antarctic 08:40 to 08:50 UTC
20:02 to 20:12
For more information on SunSat, visit the following URL:
http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za
[ANS thanks Garth Milne ZR1AFH, for this information]
UoSAT-12 UO-36
Uplink: 149.600 MHz
Downlink 437.025 MHz
437.400 MHz
UoSAT-12 was successfully launched on April 21, 1999 from the
Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome. UO-36 carries a number of imaging
payloads, digital store-and-forward communications and mode L/S
transponders.
The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions.
S-band high speed downlink commissioning continues at rates
between 128kb/s and 1Mb/s. The S-band downlink frequency has
not been announced.
UO-36 has been transmitting 9600-baud FSK telemetry framed in a
VLSI format using a downlink frequency of 437.400 MHz. Chris,
G7UPN, reports UO-36 is also (at times) testing on 437.025 MHz at a
baud rate of 38,400 (38k4). Currently, this downlink is switched on over
Europe. Due to the limited power on UO-36, it is not possible to have
this downlink on permanently over all areas.
Presently the BBS is still closed.
The VK5HI/TMSAT viewer shareware is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site at the following URL:
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip
Further information on UO-36 is available from: http://www.sstl.co.uk/
[ANS thanks Chris G7UPN/ZL2TPO, and the University of Surrey for
this information]
ITAMSAT IO-26
Uplink 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM 1200 baud
Downlink 435.822 MHz SSB
Semi-operational, digipeater function is 'on'.
IO-26 was launched on the September 26, 1993.
Alberto, I2KBD, reports IO-26 has been opened to APRS use. ITAMSAT
ground controllers have switched the digipeater function to 'on'.
[ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for this
information]
TECHSAT-1B GO-32
Downlink 435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry
Updated status. Shlomo, 4X1AS, tells ANS that efforts are underway
to bring GO-32 on line. According to Dr. Fred Ortenberg of the Asher
Space Research Institute in Haifa, "the TechSat control team is about to
finish its Amateur Radio BBS package tests. The next stage is to add
beacon messages about the satellite's housekeeping status."
Stay tuned to ANS for further information.
The TechSat-1B micro-satellite was successfully launched from the
Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 10, 1998.
Last reported, the satellite does not have a continuos beacon, but does
transmit a 9600-baud burst every 30 seconds (for a continuous 3
seconds in length), on 435.225 MHz.
The TechSat team has constructed a home page about TechSat.
To view the site, point your web browser to:
http://techsat.internet-zahav.net/
/EX
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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 360.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 26, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-360.07
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE
NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:
KITSAT KO-23
Uplink 145.900 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 435.175 MHz FM
Non-operational.
ANS has learned (from HL0ENJ) that satellite downlink telemetry shows
two of KO-23's battery cells to be very unstable. Jim, AA7KC, reports
KO-23 is not operational. Stay tuned to ANS for further developments.
[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ,
for KO-23 status information]
MIR SPACE STATION
Ham radio activity aboard the Mir space station came to a close on
August 28, 1999 as the crew returned to Earth, leaving the station
unmanned. Mir is in a stable orbit with only essential systems running.
All Amateur Radio activities have ceased. Currently, the station is being
prepared for re-entry sometime in the first quarter of 2000, however, the
final fate of the space station has not been formally announced. Stay
tuned to ANS for further developments.
Current Amateur Radio equipment aboard Mir includes:
MIR SAFEX II 70-cm Repeater
Uplink 435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 141.3 Hz
Downlink 437.950 MHz FM
Not operational. No operation in 1999 has been observed.
MIR SAFEX II 70-cm QSO Mode
Uplink 435.725 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 151.4 Hz
Downlink 437.925 MHz FM
Not operational. No operation in 1999 has been observed.
MIR PERSONAL MESSAGE SYSTEM (PMS)
Uplink/Downlink 145.985 MHz FM 1200 baud AFSK
Not operational.
DOVE DO-17
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 baud AFSK
2401.220 MHz
Non-operational.
DOVE stopped transmitting in March 1998. The 145.825 MHz and
2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air and the satellite has not
responded to ground station control. No additional information is
available at this time.
WEBERSAT WO-18
Downlink 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 baud PSK AX.25
Non-operational.
WO-18 is reported to be in MBL mode after a software crash.
No additional information is available at this time.
SEDSAT-1 SO-33
Downlink 437.910 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.
Mineo, JE9PEL, reports he has again received minimal telemetry
from the satellite, the most recent dated December 9th.
SedSat-1, signifying Students for the Exploration and Development of
Space Satellite number one, was successfully launched and placed in
orbit on Saturday, October 24, 1998.
For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site at the
following URL:
http://www.seds.org/sedsat
No additional information is available at this time.
/EX
--ANS END---
ANS would like to thank Mike Seguin, N1JEZ, ANS principal satellite
investigator, for helping provide current satellite information.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to
ans-editor@amsat.org
Daniel (Dan) James
AMSAT News Service Bulletin Editor
AMSAT-NA Vice President/Public Affairs
Amateur callsign: NN0DJ
Grid Square EN28iv
Warroad, Minnesota U.S.A.
e-mail: nn0dj@amsat.org
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