SB SAT @ AMSAT W8ISS ANS-304.S5 WSR 304 Part 5 10/30/2008
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 304.S5 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, October 30, 2008 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-304.S5
THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES HAVE RE-ENTERED OR HAVE BEEN RETURNED SAFELY:
NO-61 ANDE Catalog Number: 29664 Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: December 25, 2007
Uplink/Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 [01032008] ===== NO-60 RAFT-1 Catalog Number: 29661 Launch Date: December 21, 2006
Status: Re-Entered Re-entered: May 30, 2007
Main Downlink: 145.825 Mhz FM APRS AX25 APRS Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM APRS AX25 Voice/PSK31 Uplink: 28.120 MHz
Packet to Voice ID: RAFT [06112007] NNNN /EX
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This week's Weekly Satellite Report Editor is James French, W8ISS.
ANS is always dedicated to past ANS editor 'BJ' Arts, WT0N, and to the memory of longtime AMSAT supporters Werner Haas, DJ5KQ, Dennis Kitchen, G0FCL and John Branegan GM4IHJ.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor{at}amsat.org NNNN /EX