At 08:25 PM 11/7/2011 -0600, you wrote:

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.01 ANS Special Bulletin - AubieSat-1 Designated AO-71

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.01

OSCAR Number Administrator, Bill Tynan, W3XO reports that he has ad- vised J. M. Wersinger, PhD, KI4YAU, Professor Emeritus and Director of Auburn University's Student Space Program, that following the successful NASA ELaNa III launch on October 28, 2011 of AubieSat-1, and by the request of the AubieSat-1 team, the new satellite has been assigned an OSCAR number.

Professor Wersinger documented that telemetry has been received from the satellite. The IARU-Sat Website states that AubieSat-1 was fully coordinated with the IARU.

Bill wrote, "Therefore, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I hereby designate AubieSat-1 as AubieSat Oscar 71 or AO-71

Let's see ya make a qso through it.

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