5 Sep
2011
5 Sep
'11
7:55 p.m.
Missed off the frequency it's 137.560 MHz and a real-time tracking page is at http://www.vk3ukf.com/Space/GadgetSatProspero.htm
73 Trevor M5AKA
--- On Mon, 5/9/11, Trevor . m5aka@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
No not an Amateur Radio satellite but the United Kingdom's first satellite launched on a UK built rocket 40 years ago.
The Prospero spacecraft was launched by a Black Arrow rocket on October 28, 1971 from Launch Area 5B, Woomera.
Full story and pics at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14783135
73 Trevor M5AKA