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<H1>PharmaSat launch and beacon alert </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Santa Clara University</STRONG> invites amateur
radio operators to receive beacon signals from the <STRONG>PharmaSat</STRONG>
spacecraft, a pioneering cubesat mission that is currently scheduled to launch
from the Wallops Flight Facility on May 19, 2009 at about 7:35 pm EDT.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>This spacecraft will go into Low Earth Orbit as a
secondarypayload aboard an Air Force Minotaur I launch vehicle. <BR>The vehicle
will be launched into a circular, 40.5 degree inclination orbit.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>PharmaSat is a 10 x 10 x 30 cm. spacecraft that houses an
advanced biological laboratory as its payload. <BR>This laboratory will measure
the influence of microgravity upon yeast resistance to an antifungal
agent.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Of particular interest to the amateur radio satellite
community is the PharmaSat 70cm radio beacon. <BR>This beacon will operate at
437.465 MHz FM, sending an AX.25 packet every 5 seconds. This packet will
include data about the spacecraft system's operation. The beacon will initiate
transmission as soon as the spacecraft is deployed from its carrier. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Amateur radio operators are encouraged to submit received
beacon packets through the mission websites in order to receive a web-based QSL
card. Submitted data will be available to the public via a web-accessible public
database.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The PharmaSat mission website at </FONT><A
href="http://www.pharmasat.org/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>www.pharmasat.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana>. This site provides
general mission and spacecraft information, instructions on how to contact the
Santa Clara University PharmaSat Mission Operations teams, and other
informationrequired to receive and decode the beacon signal. PharmaSat orbit
elements will be available via the space-track.org (and other) distribution
services.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><EM>Mike,
KE7EGC</EM></STRONG><BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>