Arianespace's flight of a Soyuz launcher on 25 April 2016 at 06:02:13 pm
(Kourou, French Guiana time)placed three cubesats carrying transmitters on
amateur radio frequencies. The primary payload is Sentinel-1B.
They are:
1. OUTFTI-1 carrying the first D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for
Amateur Radio) payload. See following URL for details -
http://events.ulg.ac.be/oufti-1/en/oufti-1/
2. [email protected] a digital cubesat with a 1200 Baud, AFSK, AX.25 primary
telemetry downlink on 437.485 MHz. See following URL for details
http://www.cubesatteam-polito.com/operations/radio-amateurs/
3. AAUSAT-4 from the University of Aalborg, Denmark will operate an
automated ocean vessel identification system on 437.425 MHz.
Until they are identified, they will be listed the AMSAT distribution as
follows:
FG-OBJECT C NORAD CAT ID 41458
FG-OBJECT D NORAD CAT ID 41459
FG-OBJECT E NORAD CAT ID 41460
On April 22, 2016 a Soyuz ST-A VS14 rocket launched by Centre Spatial
Guyanais spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana will deploy three satellites
carrying transmitters on amateur radio frequencies.
They are:
1. OUTFTI-1 carrying the first D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for
Amateur Radio) payload. See following URL for details -
http://events.ulg.ac.be/oufti-1/en/oufti-1/
2. [email protected] a digital cubesat with a 1200 Baud, AFSK, AX.25 primary
telemetry downlink on 437.485 MHz. See following URL for details
http://www.cubesatteam-polito.com/operations/radio-amateurs/
3. AAUSAT-4 from the University of Aalborg, Denmark will operate an
automated ocean vessel identification system on 437.425 MHz.
Ray Hoad
WA5QGD
I am pleased to announce that AMSAT's request to re-distribute AFSPC
Keplerian
elements from SpaceTrack has been approved for the period April 1, 2016 to
April 1, 2017. Our USSTRATCOM ODR (Orbital Data Request) to distribute the
KEPs was approved on March 17, 2016.
Thanks to AFSPC, Perry Klein, W3PK and Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for their help
in this process.
We are "good to go" for another year.
Ray Hoad
WA5QGD
