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Subj: This Week's News in Brief
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 159.05 From AMSAT HQ
Silver Spring, MD. June 8, 2003
To All Radio Amateurs
BID: $ANS-159.05
** Five 5 MHz spot frequencies will become available to amateurs in the
United States effective at Midnight July 3. General and higher class
license holders will be permitted to operate on a secondary basis upper
sideband phone, with a maximum of 50 Watts effective radiated power.
--Newsline
** The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander departed Sea
Launch Home Port last week, for the launch of the Thuraya-2 satellite.
Liftoff is scheduled for June 10, in a 44-minute launch window that opens at
6:56 am PDT (13:56:00 GMT). --SpaceDaily
** Europe launched its first ever bid to explore Mars Monday, June 2,
successfully embarking on a half-year journey to unearth one of the oldest
mysteries; whether there is life on the Red Planet. --SpaceDaily
** Saturn, one of the windiest places in the Solar System, is undergoing a
dramatic weather change. Just over two decades ago, snapshots of the
distinctive clouds in Saturn's equatorial region showed a jetstream that
sped along at a bruising 1,700 kilometers (1,050 miles) per hour. Now the
winds have slowed to a relatively pedestrian 1,100 kph (690 mph), according
to astronomers. --SpaceDaily
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