ARLA/CLUSTER: Voo Soyuz de 27 de Dezembro transportou satélites de amador

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Soyuz flight deploys amateur radio satellites

The Soyuz flight on December 27th carrying a pair of Kanopus V remote
sensing satellites also deployed two German Orbital Systems D-Star
ONEsatellites: D-Star ONE - Sparrow and D-Star ONE - iSat.

Beacons have been successfully received. These satellites carry a
D-STAR parrot repeater that will be available for use by amateur radio
operators. The uplink is 437.325 MHz and the downlink is 435.525 MHz.

The flight also deployed the UWE-4 1U CubeSat carrying an electric
propulsion experiment and a 70cm 9k6 AX.25 digipeater. The uplink and
downlink frequency is 437.375 MHz. The digipeater will be active after
the Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP)

More information on the launch and other payloads deployed can be
found at http://russianspaceweb.com/kanopus-v5-v6.html

Fonte: ANS