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FG1JD > ARRL 29.04.99 04:38l 45 Lines 1227 Bytes #-9905 (0) @ WW
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Subj: BULLETIN دد ARRL ددد
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From: FG1JD@FG1JD.FRFG.GLP.CAR.NA
To : ARRL@WW
SPACE BULLETIN 004 ARLS004
FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS
NEWINGTON, CT APRIL 22, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
SB SPACE ARL ARLS004
ARLS004 UOSAT-12 SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
THE LATEST AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE, UOSAT-12, WAS SUCCESSFULLY
LAUNCHED APRIL 21 JUST BEFORE 0500 UTC FROM THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME
ABOARD A CONVERTED SOVIET SS-18 ICBM. THIS MARKED THE FIRST TIME A
RUSSIAN MISSILE DESIGNED FOR WAR HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO PEACEFUL
PURPOSES TO CARRY A COMMERCIAL SATELLITE INTO SPACE.
WORD WAS RECEIVED OF THE VARIOUS STAGE SEPARATIONS AND THE
SEPARATION OF UOSAT-12 AFTER 877 SECONDS. KEPLERIAN ELEMENTS WILL
BE AVAILABLE SOON.
THE SATELLITE WAS SUCCESSFULLY SWITCHED ON AT AROUND 1800 UTC AND
COPIED ON THE 2230 UTC PASS IN JAPAN BY KAZU SAKAMOTO, JJ1WTK. THE
DOWNLINK IS 9600 BAUD FSK AND CAN BE COPIED ON 437.400 MHZ.
UOSAT-12 CARRIES A NUMBER OF IMAGING PAYLOADS ALONG WITH DIGITAL
STORE-AND-FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS ON VHF AND UHF. MODE L/S
TRANSPONDERS WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTED WITH A HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL
DOWMLI V.
NNNN
GL DE W1AW
THIS IS ARRL HEADQUARTERS STATION W1AW IN NEWINGTON CT
Best 73. Jules, FG1JD @ FG5DN.FRFG.GLP.CAR.NA [GUADELOUPE]
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