[Re-posted on behalf of Paolo HB9TYP]

Hi All,

TIsat-1 HB9DE is to be launched aboard the Indian PSLV-C15 on 12th July 2010 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota (SDSC-SHAR), Andhra Pradesh, India.

The lift off is at 03:52 UTC and the TIsat-1 is to be injected into orbit around 04:11 UTC. The CW beacon would be transmitting at the earliest at 04:26 UTC, 15 minutes after separation from the launcher. Beacon Frequency is 437.305 MHz (400 mW).

The predicted TLE for TIsat-1 is as follows: TIsat-1 1 99998U 10034Y 10193.17708333 .00002592 00000-0 35304-3 0 00007 2 99998 098.1177 252.3288 0008033 272.0048 315.2117 14.78702228001648

During its first orbit, starting about 04:50 UTC, stations around West and North Mexico, Western Coast of US, followed by Canada, Alaska, North and Central Asia would be able to receive the beacon signal.

We kindly request stations over these regions to listen on to the beacon frequency and provide us with their valuable reports. This help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

For the SUPSI-SpaceLab student team, 73, -Paolo, HB9TYP

E-mail: spacelab@supsi.ch supsi_radioclub@linux3.dti.supsi.ch

P.S.: TIsat-1 is part of the Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 (NLS-6) cluster payload from the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).