Hello Everyone,

Here is one news item that will happen before the weekend ANS bulletins are sent out:

The PSLV C-18 launch from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre [SDSC], in Shriharikota, India will be webcast live at http://www.isro.org/. The expected launch time is 05:30 UTC October 12.

The Jugnu team is requesting CW beacon signal reports along with the plain decoded morse message be sent to the following mail IDs: wmy@isac.gov.in shantag@iitk.ac.in

The SRMSat reports can be sent to: sanjaynekkanti@gmail.com

Jugnu Frequency: CW Beacon - 437.275 MHz (17dbm) SRMSAT Frequency: CW Beacon - 437.425 MHz (10dbm)

Preliminary TLEs from ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network):

SRM 1 99999U 11072A 11278.34967500 .00001077 00000-0 60876-3 0 1233 2 99999 20.0603 97.4017 0010015 338.6461 208.4324 14.09199968 14 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/msg90110.html (amsat-bb)

More information and a countdown clock can be found on-line at: http://srmsat.in/

-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service