Changes to the AMSAT KEP Distribution for 4-27-2016
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. e-st@r-II 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
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Ray Hoad