AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-341.01

In this Special Bulletin:

* ExseedSat Granted VO-96 OSCAR Number

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-341.01 ANS-341 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin ExseedSat Granted         VO-96 OSCAR Number

AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 341.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE December 7, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-341.01

On December 3rd, 2018, ExseedSat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight's SSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, ExseedSat was built by a team of Indian radio hams including Ashhar Farhan (VU2ESE), George Phillips (VU2GT), Gurudutta Panda (VU3GDP), Sasi Bhusan (VU3ELR), and Nitin Mutin (VU3TYG). Initial telemetry has been received around the world.

At the request of Exseed Space, AMSAT hereby designates ExseedSat as VUsat-OSCAR 96 (VO-96). We congratulate the owners and operators of VO-96, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects.

73, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator

[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations /   OSCAR Number Administrator for the above information]

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73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,

This week's ANS Contributing Editor,

JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org