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BID : ANS-121.02
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Subj: HAMSAT Launch
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 121.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 1, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-121.02
Hi all
Hamsat launch is now scheduled for 5 May 2005 appx time is 4.52 GMT
Team Members will be at ISTRAC mission centre to experience the pre
launch checks , countdown, Tlm and oribital commands etc.
As it will help hams to experience and gain knowledge of such
activities specially of their own Hamsat programme.
ISTRAC is the Indian Sat Tracking Centre at Bangalore
Doordharsan TV known as DD ( Govt run TV Ch ) have taken video
clipping for an exclusive news story about the HAMSAT. This will be
aired on 2 or 3 May. In the mean time a new ham station is setup at
ISTRAC apart from the other Ham Stn VU2URC at ISAC.
VU2WMY Mani ( ISAC ), VU2FBS Singh ( ISTRAC ) have been assigned the
payload evaluation jobs from ISRO.
Last evening and this morning the new Ham stn at ISRAC was contacted
via the AO-51, stns active here were VU2WMY, VU2FBS, VU3TYG, VU2GUR
and myself VU2POP. ISTRAC ham stn was setup by VU2WMY Mani and
VU2FBS Singh within a couple of days with the FT-767, FT-726, FT
-8800 new G-5500 rotator, 2 UHF, VHF cross yagis, NOVA tracker etc.
They have sucessfully tracked and copied beacon / Tlm of other sats.
We hope the other centres of ISRO too will activate ham stns soon.
More than 30 hams are in various centres of ISRO.
At the same time there is excitement around with VU Hams who are
gearing up for the Hamsat activity and we hope to hear many new stns
coming up on the Sat modes
Looking forward to the Hamsat.
[ANS thanks Pop, VU2POP for the above information]
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