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<H1>Three Amateur Radio Cubesats launched</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>At 19:55 EDT on Tuesday May 19 three CubeSats carrying
Amateur Radio payloads were successdully launched from the NASA Wallops Flight
Facility in Virginia.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The CubeSats are:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>PHARMASAT-1</STRONG> - Santa Clara University on
<STRONG>437.465 MHz</STRONG> AX.25 1200 bps</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>HAWKSAT-I</STRONG> - Hawk Institute for Space
Sciences on <STRONG>437.345 MHz</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>POLYSAT CP6</STRONG> - California Polytechnic
State University on <STRONG>437.365 MHz</STRONG><BR>1200bps AX.25</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Initial reports on the web indicate that signals have been
received from Pharmasat-1 and Polysat CP6.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>A 'High Quality' video of the launch titled 'Minotaur 1
(TacSat 3)' can be seen on YouTube at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEf9trI1Hf8" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEf9trI1Hf8</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Verdana>(click on player's HQ icon)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>A lower quality version is at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEs2STSF7Lo" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEs2STSF7Lo</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>PharmaSat launch and beacon alert<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2009/pharmasat_launch.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2009/<BR>pharmasat_launch.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Calpoly CubeSat Page<BR></FONT><A
href="http://cubesat.calpoly.edu/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://cubesat.calpoly.edu/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/</FONT></A></P></BODY></HTML>