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[jamsat-news:1177] ANS 311


AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS 311

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.

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This edition of ANS is dedicated to the memory of Frank Koval, W8RSW,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, who died September 9th following a brief illness. He
was 78. During his Amateur Radio career, Koval gained international
fame as a contester, DXer and certificate chaser.

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.01
ASTRONAUT-HAM HONORED

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 311.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 07, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.01

NASA and the ARRL have informed ANS that astronaut Eileen Collins,
KD5EDS, a New York native, has received the Empire State's highest
award - the Jackie Robinson Empire State Freedom Medal. KD5EDS
received the award for her achievement as the first female space
shuttle commander.

During the historic STS-93 mission, Collins and her crew deployed the
heaviest, largest and most powerful X-ray telescope ever launched into
space, the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

The Robinson Freedom Medal, established in 1997, goes each year to
those who best demonstrate the qualities of determination, dignity,
fairness and honor exemplified by Jackie Robinson, who broke major
league baseball's color barrier.

ANS congratulates Commander Eileen Collins, KD5EDS, on this
outstanding achievement!

[ANS thanks both NASA and the ARRL for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.02
ARISS DELAYED

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 311.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 07, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.02

NASA is reporting the schedule once again has been reset for space
shuttle mission STS-101, which will carry aloft initial Amateur Radio
equipment on the International Space Station. NASA now says the
shuttle Atlantis will now launch no earlier than March 16, 2000.

The nearly 11-day mission will carry the initial ham equipment to
the ISS for deployment aboard the Russian-built service module.

Wiring inspections and repairs on the Atlantis orbiter, along with the
Unplanned replacement of the ammonia boiler, are responsible for the
most recent delay.

Observers also are keeping an eye on the situation in Kazakhstan, where
a Russian Proton rocket recently was lost following launch from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Proton launch vehicle is similar to the rocket
that will bring next ISS piece --the Zvezda module--  to orbit. NASA reports
that it's too early to determine what, if any, impact the launch failure could
have on Zvezda's launch schedule.

[ANS thanks NASA and the ARRL for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.03
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 311.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 07, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-311.03

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** W3IWI reports one of our long-term AMSAT folks is in the hospital.
Chod Harris, WB2CHO/VP2ML, suffered a massive heart attack and
remains in intensive care. Flowers are not permitted in the intensive
care unit, but friends may write Chod at 3201 Franz Valley Road,
Santa Rosa, California 95404. -AMSAT-BB

** The Dayton Amateur Radio Association is now accepting requests for
applications for the DARA Scholarship Awards. DARA has awarded
numerous $2000 scholarships to assist young amateurs in educational
needs. Applicants must be graduating high school seniors and hold an
Amateur Radio license. Requests for applications, accompanied by an
SASE, should go to DARA Scholarships, 45 Cinnamon Court,
Springboro, Ohio 45066. -Stan, NY8F/ARRL Letter

** WB2GZM/VK3JJH reports that in anticipation of higher than normal
meteor activity during November's annual Leonid meteor shower,
NASA has created an image library and invites amateur astronomers,
photographers and individuals with imaging equipment to upload
Leonid meteor photographs or images to the Near-Live Leonid Meteor
Watch System. In addition, the Air Force and NASA are teaming with
the international scientific community to monitor the meteor storm.
More information can be found at the following URL:
http://leonids.hq.nasa.gov/. -AMSAT-BB

** CQ-VHF magazine will end publication at year's end and be merged
into an expanded CQ magazine says publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA.
The merger takes effect with the January 2000 issue. -ARRL Letter

** Nominations for the ARRL Instructor of the Year are due soon. A
nomination form is available on the ARRL web site (or by mail). The
ARRL Professional Instructor of the Year award recognizes paid
instructors, such as those teaching through adult education, while
the Herb Brier Instructor of the Year Award recognizes an unpaid
volunteer instructor. To get an educational awards nominating
application, visit http://www.arrl.org/ead/award/application.html.
-ARRL Letter

More North American doorstep astronomy from ANS: Jupiter and
Saturn, in the eastern sky during evening, are the highlight of this
autumn's sky. Also look to the upper left -- forming a nearly equilateral
triangle with them is the 2nd-magnitude star Hamal, the brightest star
of Aries. -S&T

--ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.04
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 311.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 07, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-311.04

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.

Jerry, K5OE, reports working XE2ARF, XE2BSS, XE2EKY and
XE1PEP recently on RS-13.

RS-13's Robot CW auto-transponder is active. For confirmation of an
RS-13 Robot contact, send your QSL card along with the Robot
QSL number to: 	Radio Sport Federation
Box 88 		Moscow

Kevin, AC5DK, has information about RS-12/13 that contains a simple
explanation on how to operate on the satellite, including a forum for
operators to exchange information, pose questions or even set up
schedules via RS-12/13.

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 heard and worked on AO-10.

Jerry, K5OE, reports to ANS that he has been timing AO-10 QSB
during perigee passes and notes a semi-consistent pattern of about
a 14 minute cycle: 8 minutes of discernible audio going from barely there
through the warble stage up to about S-5 signals, and then back down
again. Stacey Mills, W4SM, reports AO-10 currently experiences
eclipses at perigee of approximately 30 minutes length. W4SM reports
that "what Jerry is describing appears to be a different phenomenon
related to slow tumbling of the satellite producing poor illumination of
the solar panels, poor antenna positioning, or both. However, please note
that the perigee eclipses will continue for a long time (months). They will
slowly move towards a later period in the orbit and a corresponding
longer duration into the early part of 2000." W4SM tells ANS that AO-10
will not be eclipse free again until March 25, 2000.

W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:

http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html

Masa, JN1GKZ, reports his web page shows the current AO-10
spin period and spin rate (by measuring the beacon with FFTDSP
software). The JN1GKZ web site can be found at the following URL:

http://www.din.or.jp/~m-arai/ao10/beacone.htm

[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.

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 the eclipse (or in the sun) and decides
what subsystems to turn on or off.

Chuck, KM4NZ, reset the TEPR states on AO-27 (on 10/11/99).

TEPR 4 is 22	TEPR 5 is 58

Eddie, N5JGK, operated from Monroe, Louisiana (EM32) recently
during a local hamfest using an HT and portable antenna,
demonstrating the use of AO-27 QRP satellite operation.

[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.

FO-20 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
Semi-operational, rotated with digital mode and digi-talker.

Digital Mode JD
Uplink     	145.850  145.870  145.910 MHz FM
Downlink   	435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK
Digitalker 	435.910 MHz
Semi-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:

November   09- 10th		JA
November  11 - 23rd		digitalker
November  24 - 25th		JA
November  26 - 30th		digitalker

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

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.05
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 311.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 07, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-311.05

KITSAT   KO-25
Uplink		145.980 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 	436.500 MHz FM
Operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-25 is performing well with good downlink
efficiency.

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for KO-25 status information]

KITSAT   KO-23
Uplink   	145.900 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 	435.175 MHz FM
Semi-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 again became operational 29-October. Jim
notes the downlink transmitter has changed and that has altered the
downlink frequency. "Full downlink efficiency can be obtained by tuning
approximately 2.5 kHz below the 435.175 MHz noted downlink
frequency," reports AA7KC. 

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ,
for KO-23 status information]

UOSAT   UO-22
Uplink   	145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 	435.120 MHz FM
Operational.

Carol, W9HGI, reports UO-22 is performing within acceptable limits.
W9HGI operates the West Coast Packet Satellite Gateway (WSPG) for
the Worldwide Packet Network (WPN).

More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:

http://www.sstl.co.uk/

[ANS thanks Carol Byers, W9HGI and 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 unchanged.

        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
Operational (with the exception of the mode-S beacon,
which is currently off).

AO-16 has operated continuously for over 1,800 days since its
last software reload.

Telemetry is as follows:

Time is Fri Nov 05 22:55:29 1999 uptime is 1874/17:13:01
+10V Bus        10.300 V  	+X (RX) Temp    -5.448 D
RX Temp          9.075 D  	+5V Bus              4.718 V
+8.5V Bus        7.746 V  	Bat 2 Temp          6.654 D
BCR Load Cur     0.405 A  	BCR Input Cur     0.165 A
BCR Output Cur  0.018 A  	Baseplt Temp      5.444 D
RC PSK TX Out      0.650 W  	RC PSK BP Temp  -1.817 D
RC PSK HPA Tmp   0.603 D  	+Y Array Temp     -20.575 D
PSK TX HPA Tmp  -0.607 D  	+Z Array Temp     -11.499 D
Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.387 Ifb= 0.165 I+10V= 0.240
TX:010B BCR:1E PWRC:59E BT: A WC:25 EDAC:63

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.

Telemetry is as follows:

Time is Fri Nov 05 23:18:49 1999 uptime is 462/09:44:11
+10V Bus        10.668 V  	RC PSK TX Out    0.659 W
Total Array C= 0.008 Bat Ch Cur=-0.289 Ifb= 0.122 I+10V= 0.174
TX:017 BCR:1E PWRC:62D BT:3C WC: 0

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.

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 recently.

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 announced SUNSAT schedule through       is as follows:

13-November
Australia, Indonesia, Far East		02:36 to 02:50 UTC
Southern Africa 				09:13 to 09:27
Europe 					09:38 to 09:52
USA					16:09 to 16:23

14-November
Australia			 	01:54 to 02:08 UTC
Southern Africa			 	08:33 to 08:47
Europe				 	08:57 to 09:11          
Transatlantic			 	12:18 to 12:30
(in the brief window from 12:18 to 12:30 UTC, it should be possible
to make transatlantic contacts between the eastern U.S. and
Canada to Spain and England).

20-November
Australia				01:11 to 01:25 UTC
Southern Africa				09:31 to 09:45
Europe 					09:54 to 10:08          
USA					16:29 to 16:43

21-November
Australia				02:11 to 02:25 UTC
Southern Africa				08:52 to 09:06
Europe 					09:15 to 09:29          
South America				13:54 to 14:08          

27-November
Australia 				01:30 to 01:44 UTC  
Southern Africa	(pass 1)			08:11 to 08:25 and
Southern Africa (pass 2) 		09:49 to 10:03
USA					16:47 to 17:01

28-November 
Australia				00:50 to 01:04 UTC
Southern Africa				09:11 to 09:25
Europe					09:34 to 09:48       
South America				14:13 to 14:27

Times are UTC. Uplink is on 436.291 MHz (+/- doppler up to 9 kHz).
Downlink is on 145.825 MHz.

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
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).

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]

/EX

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WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 311.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, NOVEMBER 07, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-311.06

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE
NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:

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.

TECHSAT-1B   GO-32
Downlink 	435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry
Unknown status. ANS has not received any recent updates concerning
the current status of GO-32.

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/

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 over the past year.

Mineo, JE9PEL, reports he has again received minimal telemetry
from the satellite recently, dated October 22nd.

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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