ARLA/CLUSTER: Satélite amador que vai orbitar a Lua transmitirá em 145,990 MHz no modo JT65B

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ham radio goes around the Moon

Towards the end of the year, radio amateurs will have the opportunity
to receive what must be the ultimate DX from a ham radio payload
transmitting the data mode JT65B as it flies around the Moon

Beijing plans to send a lunar orbiter around the Moon carrying a 14 kg
battery powered payload known as 4M-LXS which was developed at
LuxSpace. The amateur radio payload will transmit a JT65B signal on
145.990 MHz which can be decoded by radio amateurs using the free WJST
software.

The orbiter is one of the test models for Beijing's new lunar probe
Chang'e-5, which will be tasked with landing on the moon, collecting
samples and returning to Earth. The launch, planned for 4th qtr 2014,
is aimed at testing the technologies that are vital for the success of
Chang'e-5. The orbiter will be launched into Lunar Transfer Orbit
(LTO) then will perform a flyby around the Moon and re-enter the
Earth's atmosphere after 9 days.

The orbiter arrived in Xichang, Sichuan on Sunday, August 10 and was
then transported to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Beijing to test recoverable moon orbiter
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/10/c_133546027.htm

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http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/