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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 341.S2 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 07, 2003
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-341.S2
UO-11 OSCAR-11
Catalog number: 14781
Launched: March 1, 1984
Downlink: 145.826 MHz FM (1200-baud AFSK)
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.500 MHz
Status: Semi-operational.
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AO-16 PACSAT
Catalog number: 20439
Launch Date: January 22, 1990
Uplink: 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.96 MHz FM
(using 1200-baud Manchester FSK)
Downlink: 437.026 MHz SSB (1200-baud PSK)
Mode-S Beacon: 2401.1428 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: PACSAT-11
BBS: PACSAT-12
Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater command is on and open for
APRS users.
A WOD collection of current graphics along with general information
and telemetry samples can be found at:
http://www.telecable.es/personales/ea1bcu
[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for AO-16 status information]
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UO-22 UOSAT
Catalog number: 21575
Launched: July 17, 1991
Uplink: 145.900 FM 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 435.120 MHz FM
Broadcast Callsign: UOSAT5-11
BBS: UOSAT5-12
Status: Operational.
More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:
http://www.sstl.co.uk/
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IO-26 ITAMSAT
Catalog number: 22826
Launch Date: September 26, 1993
Uplink: 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM (1200-baud)
Downlink: 435.812 MHz SSB
Broadcast Callsign: ITMSAT-11
BBS: ITMSAT-12
Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on and open for APRS
users.
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NO-44 PCSAT
Catalog number: 26931
Launch Date: September 30, 2001
Uplink/downlink: 145.827 MHz 1200 baud AX.25 AFSK via W3ADO-1
Aux/Uplink: 435.250 MHz 9600 baud via PCSAT-2 (off)
APRS Downlink: 144.390 MHz (Region 2)
Status: Semi-Operational.
PCSat is a 1200-baud APRS digipeater designed for use by stations using
hand-held or mobile transceivers. Downlinks feed a central web site at
http://pcsat.aprs.org
The APRS-equipped PCSat was built by midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy
under the guidance of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.
For more information, visit the PCSat web site at:
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat.html
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, for PCSat information]
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MO-46 TIUNGSAT-1
Catalog number: 26548
Launched: September 26, 2000
Uplink: 145.850 or 145.925 MHz 9600-baud FSK
Downlink: 437.325 MHz
Broadcast callsign: MYSAT3-11
BBS: MYSAT3-12
Status: Operational at 38k4-baud FSK.
TiungSat-1 is Malaysia's first micro-satellite and in addition to
commercial land and weather imaging payloads offers FM and FSK
Amateur Radio communication.
TiungSat-1, named after the mynah bird of Malaysia, was developed as
a collaborative effort between the Malaysian government and Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd.
[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for this information]
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AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M)
Catalog number: 27605
Launched: December 20, 2002
Uplink 435.275 1200-baud AFSK
Downlink 145.825 9600-baud FSK (optional voice message)
Broadcast callsign: DP0AIS
Status: Semi-Operational.
AO-49 (SAFIR-M) is a German amateur radio payload onboard the
small German scientific satellite "RUBIN-2".
AO-49 was built by the German amateur radio association "AATiS e.V."
(German acronym for "Arbeitskreis Amateurfunk und Telekommunikation
in der Schule", which means: 'working group for amateur radio and
telecommunications in schools'). AO-49 is designed as a "store and
broadcast" system for APRS based messages, dedicated for the use of
schools in combination with the existing WX-Net and planned buoy
experiments in Germany.
No transmissions detected since the 1st of February 2003!
It appears AO-49 is not properly aligned to illuminate the solar
panels. This should end soon. Due to its orbit, AO-49 will be in a
phase without eclipses until 13Feb03.
Martin DG8UAU has written a small software program "SAFIR-M Decoder"
to allow decoding of the received DATA0 frames. It is available at:
http://amend.gmxhome.de in the section Aktuelles.
Details on AO-49 (SAFIR-M) can be found at:
http://amend.gmxhome.de
Information about AATiS e.V. is available at:
http://www.aatis.de
[ANS thanks Oliver Amend, DG6BCE for this information]
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