SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-175.01 FASTRAC-1 Satellite Available for Field Day Digipeating

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 175.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 24, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-175.01

Since it will be ARRL Field Day tomorrow June 25th to June 26th, the FASTRAC team has decided to open up Sara Lily (FASTRAC-1) so that HAMS are able to digipeat through her. Good luck this weekend to everybody participating!! Once field day is over, we will again resume our science mission!

FASTRAC-1 Downlink 437.345 MHz Uplink 145.825 MHz Both 1200 and 9600 baud rates are operational however it is expected that Users will have more success using 1200 baud.

FAST1

1 90025U 0 11174.49370187 +.00000158 +00000-0 +30566-4 0 00617 2 90025 071.9703 025.3633 0018615 269.1116 090.7913 14.76601460010256

More information about the FASTRAC mission is available on their website http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/

[ANS thanks the UT FASTRAC Team for the above information]

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