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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 144.05 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. May 23, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-144.05
** The owners of four trucking companies, two seafood companies and one
fishing boat have all been cited by the FCC for operating without a license
on amateur frequencies. According to the C-Q magazine website, three of the
trucking companies are in North and South Carolina and the fourth is in
Idaho. They were allegedly operating on 10 meters. The fishing boats are
in the Pacific Northwest, purportedly using the 2 meter band. --Newsline
** The 2004 TAPR/ARRL Digital Communications Conference will be held
September 10-12 at the Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines, Iowa. You'll find
more conference information on the Web at http://www.tapr.org/dcc/ --ARRL
** AeroAstro, Inc., a leading provider of small satellites and related
technology products, today announced the award of a contract for the
development of an Aerobrake Deorbiting System (ADS). The objective of this
program, which is based upon technologies pioneered by AeroAstro to enhance
the mobility of small spacecraft, is a self-contained aerobrake that will
retire a space asset at the end of its useful lifetime. --SpaceDaily
** An Atlas IIAS rocket lifted of from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 36B
at 2222 UTC on 19 May 2004.. The satellite, an A2100 model, was injected
into a transfer orbit 28 minutes later. The AMC-11 spacecraft is a twin to
AMC-10, launched in February, and together they form SES Americom's premier
cable neighborhood and the platform for its HD-PRIME service. --SpaceDaily
** US-based Orbital Sciences Corporation and Taiwan's National Space
Program Office successfully launched a Taurus XL rocket at 1747 UTC on
Thursday, 20 May 2004. "The rocket carries the ROCSAT-2 remote sensing
satellite," a statement from Vandenberg said. "Its mission is to observe
and monitor the terrestrial and marine environment and natural resources
throughout Taiwan, its remote islands and surrounding ocean for civil
applications." --SpaceDaily
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