Five Japanese satellites will be launched by H-IIA F15 at 23rd Jan. Launch window is 03:54-04:16z. Here is the latest info about the new satelltes.

1. keps Pre-launched keps is not release. Keps will be release in 30min or later after launch. PRISM team announces the keps will show on their blog site ASAP. http://prismblog365.blog14.fc2.com/

PRISM team announces first day's estimated pass time at Tokyo as followings. time hour:min T+01:39 T+09:23 T+10:56 T+12:34

STARS team also announces windows at Kagawa. time AZ max EL T+ 01:39-01:49 343-247 8.9 T+ 10:56-11:08 147-357 72.6 T+ 12:33-12:44 205-326 15.2

Please estimate windows using above info and launch sequence from JAXA until keps release. http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f15/overview/sequence_e.html

South American and North American stations will hear the very first new babys voice.

2. Launc live show The JAXA will broadcast launch live show via internet. http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f15/live/index_e.html Launch time is inportant for chasing satelltes.

3. initial status and latest info (1) Kagayaki 9600bps packet or CW(FM) on 437.375MHz.

(2) STARS CW transmission will be started 200sec after separation. Mother satellite: CW 437.305MHz Daughter satellite: CW 437.275MHz English web site. http://stars1.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/english/index.html

(3) KKS-1 CW transmission will be started after separation. CW at 437.385MHz. English web site is now open. http://www.kouku-k.ac.jp/~kks-1/kks-gs-top-e.htm

(4) PRISM CW beacon transmission will be started 200sec after separation. CW at 437.250MHz. Excel sheet for CW beacon analisys is on http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gs/en/application.html English web site. http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/prism/main-e.html Japnase/English blog site is now open. http://prismblog365.blog14.fc2.com/

(5) SOHLA-1 No operation on amateur band. Initial operaion is on S band. The frequency is not open. Amateur band operation will be start around middle of Feb or later.

Who will catch the first signal? Please try and report. Happy chasing!

Masa JN1GKZ