[jamsat-bb:3534] TO-31, GO-32

["Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK" <jj1wtk@kamsat.or.jp>]

JJ1WTK  坂本です。

本日配信されてきた AMSAT News Service 221号の中に、
先月誕生した2つの新しいアマチュア衛星 TMSAT-1と TechSAT-1に
オスカーナンバーが割り当てられたというニュースがありました。

TMSAT-1 は、TMSAT-OSCAR-31 省略表記は TO-31

TechSAT-1a は、GURWIN-OSCAR-32  省略表記は　GO-32

ということです。

以下原文です。オスカーナンバーが割り当てられるための
プロトコルが記載されています。

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.02
TMSAT and TECHSAT RECEIVE OSCAR NUMBERS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 221.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, AUGUST 9, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.02

Responding to a question from Keith Baker, KB1SF, Executive Vice
President 
of AMSAT-NA, both the TMSAT and TECHSAT teams have answered they wished 
OSCAR numbers to help designate their new spacecraft. KB1SF also passed 
along congratulations from all AMSAT-NA members to both teams on their 
outstanding success.

The assignment of consecutive OSCAR numbers to new Amateur Radio
spacecraft 
is a tradition that dates from the launch of the very first Amateur
Radio 
Satellite -- OSCAR 1. In order for an OSCAR number to be assigned, the 
satellite must successfully achieve orbit and one or more transmitters
must 
be successfully activated in the Amateur Radio bands. Then, the 
builders/owners of the satellite must formally request that a
consecutive 
OSCAR number be assigned to their satellite once the first two
requirements 
are accomplished.

Speaking for the TMSAT team, Chris Jackson G7UPN / ZL2TPO, said that "I 
have spoken with our Thai colleagues and they are happy for TMSAT to be 
named TMSAT-OSCAR-31."

Likewise, Shlomo Menuhin, 4X1AS, speaking on behalf of the TECHSAT team 
said  "we at the TECHSAT project agree to all the terms and would be
glad 
if the TECHSAT-1A will have the OSCAR number GO-32.
The letter G stands for GURWIN."

KB1SF has informed ANS that, in the light of this information, it is now 
appropriate to refer to the two new amateur satellites as
'TMSAT-OSCAR-31' 
(or simply TO-31') and 'GURWIN-OSCAR-32' (or simply 'GO-32')
respectively.

[ANS thanks Keith Baker, KB1SF, AMSAT-NA Executive Vice President, for
the 
information that went into this bulletin]