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<H1>Amateur Radio heads for Venus</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Mineo Wakita JE9PEL</STRONG> provides an update on
the launch of an Amateur Radio satellite that will head towards
<STRONG>Venus</STRONG> on May 17 carrying a <STRONG>beacon on 5840.0
MHz</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Four CubeSats in Japan are planning to launch on 17 May
2010 together with PLANET-C which belongs to JAXA by <BR>H-IIA
rocket.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Launch date, 17 May 2010<BR>Launch time,
21:44:14UTC<BR>Launch site, Tanegashima Space Center in Japan</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Three of the CubeSats, Negai*", WASEDA-SAT2, KSAT, being
launched by the H-IIA rocket on May 17 will be dropped off into a low earth
orbit but UNITEC-1 will continue following the JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter
PLANET-C / AKATSUKI on its journey to Venus.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>For more information,<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/03/20100303_h2af17_e.html"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/03/20100303_h2af17_e.html</FONT></A><BR><A
href="http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html</FONT></A><BR><A
href="http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/unitec-1.htm" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/unitec-1.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Tahoma>JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita</FONT></EM></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma>UNITEC-1 Video<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/unitec_1_video.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/unitec_1_video.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Unitec-1 IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination
information<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=141"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=141</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Details of the other CubeSats at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/japanese_cubesats_launch_in_may.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/japanese_cubesats_launch_in_may.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>A fully detailed description of the UNITEC-1 satellite, its
capabilities and data structure appears in the latest issue of the AMAT-UK
newsletter <EM><STRONG>Oscar News</STRONG></EM>.</FONT></P><FONT
face=Tahoma></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma>
<P><BR>Join AMSAT-UK online at </FONT><A
href="https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/</FONT></A></P>
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<H1><A title="Bertrand Pinel with his 3.5m station"
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width=262 align=left border=0></A>Radio Amateur receives Mars Express</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>It is reported on the European Space Agency (ESA) website
that a Radio Amateur was able to receive <STRONG>Mars Express</STRONG> on its
recent flyby of Phobos.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The posting at </FONT><A
href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/7/1058" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/7/1058</FONT></A><FONT
face=Tahoma> says:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>On Wednesday night, we had some of the biggest ground
stations in the world listening in on Mars Express, along with collaborative
stations from the JIVE network. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The professionals weren't the only people listening to our
signal though - amateur radio operator <STRONG>Bertrand Pinel F5PL</STRONG> from
near Castelnaudary, France, used his 3.5m dish throughout the flyby to listen to
the signal from Mars Express.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Phobos Flyby Success<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMIPX6K56G_index_0.html" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMIPX6K56G_index_0.html</FONT></A>
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