ARLA/CLUSTER: Satelite ARTSAT2:DESPATCH passa a ser denominado FO-81

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

ARTSAT2:DESPATCH spacecraft becomes FO-81

OSCAR Number Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO issued this announcement
on December 12:

“Since DESPATCH appears to have met all of the requirements for an
OSCAR number, including IARU coordination, I hereby with the authority
vested in me be by the AMSAT-NA President, do confer on DESPATCH, the
OSCAR number Fuji OSCAR 81 or FO-81.”

Continuing, Bill wrote, “I use the Fuji designation in recognition of
the long history of contributions the Japanese have made to Amateur
Radio satellites. I trust that Fuji OSCAR-81’s mission will be
successful and much valuable data will be collected.”

Akihiro Kubota replied from Japan, “It is a great honor for us to
receive the OSCAR number from AMSAT. We are very glad to hear it!
FO-81 form the name of Fuji is also special for us. DESPATCH will
transmit its beacon until this Xmas. We will keep informed of the
status of the mission and share it over the world.”

AMSAT congratulates the DESPATCH and ARTSAT teams!

Fonte: ANS

New tracking utilities for the DESAPTCH and Shin’en2 spacecraft are available at
http://ji1izr.air-nifty.com/ham_satellite/in_english/index.html

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http://amsat-uk.org/2014/12/09/despatch-2m-km-record/