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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 222.xx From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. August 10, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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** The cost of getting a vanity call sign is going up again this fall.
This as the FCC announces that the ten year license term fee for a vanity
call will rise to $16.30 for as of September 9th. --ARRL
** Amateurs in Denmark have been given permission to operate on the 70 MHz
band. This, according to OZ2M who says that three frequencies are
available at 70.025, 70.050 and 70.100mhz. The 70 MHz allocation is
available to all license classes in Denmark and all modes may be
used. --Newsline
** Sea Launch vessels have returned to the central Pacific Ocean for the
consortium's tenth mission -- the deployment of a "combo" communications
satellite that will be shared by two different companies. Liftoff of the
Zenit 3SL launcher was at 11:31 p.m. EDT Thursday (0331 GMT Friday) from
the Odyssey launch platform, a converted Norwegian oil platform that is now
the starting point for all Sea Launch missions. --SpaceFlightNow
** Boeing's Delta 4 rocket carrying the last Air Force DSCS communications
satellite will be delayed until August 28, the company said. The Air
Force-controlled Range is currently booked with tests in advance of the
Titan 4 rocket launch with a classified national security payload. That
liftoff will occur sometime between 11:40 p.m. August 17 and 5 a.m. August
18. Launch of NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility aboard a Boeing Delta
2 rocket then has the Range for liftoff August 23. If the Delta 2 flight
goes before the Delta 4, the SIRTF mission will take the distinction of
being the 300th Delta launch. --SpaceFlightNow
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