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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT">STRaND-1 Ground Station<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>STRaND-1</b> should launch today Feb. 25. A video of ground station testing has been released.<br>
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Pre-launch testing with Engineering Model (EM) from Surrey Space Centre (SSC) & Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL).<br>
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Watch STRaND-1 Groundstation Communications: ICOM Radio & Spirit-2 TNC <br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0vZJubBmPqM?rel=0">http://www.youtube.com/embed/0vZJubBmPqM?rel=0</a>
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There will be live video feeds of the STRaND-1 launch expected Feb. 25 at 1225 UT, see
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT"><a href="http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/strand-1/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none">http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/strand-1/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT"><br>
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AMSAT-UK </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT"><a href="http://www.amsat-uk.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none">http://www.amsat-uk.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:PT"><br>
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Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at<br>
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