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Subj: SAUDISAT-1C OPENED FOR OPERATION
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 005.01 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. JANUARY 5, 2002
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-005.01
Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, and AMSAT-NA President is pleased to announce that
he has received the following E-mail from Saudi Arabia.
Dear Mr. Robin Haighton,
We are pleased to inform you that the Space Research Institute of KACST
has successfully launched its third spacecraft, SaudiSat-1C. The launch
and separation were accomplished flawlessly on December 20th, 2002, using
a modified SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile.
SaudiSat-1C carries several experiments, including a new mode J FM
amateur repeater experiment operating on 145.850 MHz uplink and
436.800 MHz downlink. The repeater was activated and tested this past
week, and we are pleased to make it available to your members and
amateurs worldwide as power permits. The repeater is accessible using a
67.0 Hertz tone on the uplink, for on-demand activation.
The receive antenna is a single element quarter wave whip on top of the
spacecraft, feeding a VHF receiver with -124 dBm sensitivity, while the
UHF transmitter is coupled to a quarter wave antenna element on the
bottom of the spacecraft, radiating 250mW of RF energy.
We kindly request a new Saudi Oscar designator for our spacecraft.
73,
Turki Al Saud
Director, Space Research Institute.
KACST.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Robin informed the AMSAT-BB readers that, "This satellite will require
activation on each pass by a designated control operator. A worldwide
network of designated control operators is now being developed so that Radio
Amateurs may begin using the satellite immediately." He continued, "You
will note however that a 67.0 Hz tone is required to switch on the satellite
when uplinking. The purpose of this is to try and remove annoying
interference. You will note that the operational Frequencies are the same as
AO-27. We expect that the satellite will receive an OSCAR Number within a
few days."
[ANS thanks Turki Al Saud and Robin, VE3FRH for the above information]
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