Subject: RS17 Sputnik 40 years silent Key !!
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 20:41:19 +0400
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

RS17 has stop it's emission !!

On December the 29 , 1997

Launch by hand on the 4th of November 97, by the russian cosmonautes from
the orbital Station MIR, the first collegien satellite commemorating the 40
anniversary of beginning of Space aera and the first launch of Sputnik
1 had worked it's "Beep Beep" during 55 days long !!

The last records known had been made on 29 of December, at 21H UT by an
american OM of Washington  State, (USA) and  FR1AJ in Reunion Island
(France).
The analyse of the modulation gave 40°C as composants temperature !...
Last days , we had  a lower QRK. But the regularity of the signal may hope
to hear it yet on the 1st of January of the new year ...
The batteries don' t permit it !   suddenly the RS17's signal  stopped !

During  the different  next fligths over Reunion Island, the signal was not
at the meeting.
We yet listen the others following passages. We detect a low noise,  like a
"porteuse" comming with the acquisition of the satellite,  
but no Beep Beep .....It seems that the oscillator continued to work
however the electric energy was not enough strong to work the modulation of
the signal.

The silent is absolute now.The micro satellite had stoped it's emission 
 It was confirmed by our friends of "Space City" in Toulouse
 where every flight of RS17 was listened  by many visitors.

We shall  now prepare  the OM's requests of the Sputnik and send the
diploma. 

To get the diploma , you sent your request to the radio Club FR5KJ on a QSL
card , with an self adressed envelope (A5 size)  and two International
reply coupons .
To get  the russian QSL you must ask it to the QSL MIR Manager.

Then we collect the different documents to write the "Sputnik Book".
I shall ask evrybody who lived these moving days, when formely we listened
the first
"Beep Beep" on 1957, to send us their impressions about this fact.
A blue  QSL card was sent by the Russian governement on 1958 to thanks the
OM  for informations.
We are very happy to get a copy for publication in the Book !

Thanks everyone  for their collaboration .
best 73

FR5CY

Mr MARODON Jean Paul
            fr5cy@oceanes.fr
                           BP. 589
97472 Saint Denis Cedex
          REUNION ISLAND

vous pouvez consulter le site:
http://www.oceanes.fr/~fr5fc/spoutnik.html