<div dir="ltr"><h1>Successful launch of amateur radio satellite payloads</h1><p> On Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 19:11:11 UT a Dnepr rocket carrying 37 satellites, 12 of which had amateur radio payloads, was launched from Dombarovsky near Yasny in the Russian Federation <br>
<br> 33 satellites were deployed, the remaining four, Tigrisat, Lemur 1, ANTELSat and AeroCube 6, are being carried by the microsatellite UniSat-6 and should be deployed on Friday, June 20.</p><p><a href="https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10457182_763450580345130_7734376748645301484_n.jpg?oh=a2ba6d9aad7e0229133b210be15a5af1&oe=54311A3D" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10457182_763450580345130_7734376748645301484_n.jpg?oh=a2ba6d9aad7e0229133b210be15a5af1&oe=54311A3D" width="610"></a><br>
<br> In the hours immediately after launch signals were reported from POPSAT, QB50p1, QB50p2, UniSat-6, BugSat-1, NanosatC-BR1 and Duchifat-1.<br><br> The two QB50 precursor Cubesats on the launch carry amateur radio transponders. They were deployed at 19:32 UT and CW signals from both were received shortly after by <strong>Andre Van Deventer ZS2BK</strong> in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. <strong>Brian Best ZS5SB</strong> also reported receiving QB50p1.<br>
<br><strong>Richard Dailey N8UX</strong> in Kentucky, USA, made use of the Southampton University Wireless Society (SUWS) WebSDR to receive the QB50P2 beacon when the satellite was in range of the UK.<br><br> The details of the initial 145 MHz CW transmission format for both QB50p1, and its near twin QB50p2, is at <a href="http://www.isispace.nl/HAM/qb50p.html" target="_blank">http://www.isispace.nl/HAM/qb50p.html</a><br>
<br> QB50p1 carries the FUNcube-3 400 mW inverting linear 435/145 MHz transponder provided by AMSAT-NL.<br>• 145.815 MHz BPSK telemetry<br>• FUNcube inverting 400 mW SSB/CW transponder<br>- 435.035-435.065 MHz Uplink LSB<br>
- 145.935-145.965 MHz Downlink USB<br><br> QB50p2 carries a 435/145 MHz FM transponder and FX25 data transmitter from AMSAT-F.<br>• 145.880 MHz BPSK telemetry<br>• 145.840 MHz 9600 bps FSK FX25<br><br> It is expected that both these transponder payloads will be activated after the science missions have been completed.<br>
<br> QB50 precursor amateur radio operator page <br><a href="http://www.isispace.nl/HAM/qb50p.html" target="_blank">http://www.isispace.nl/HAM/qb50p.html</a><br><br> Frequencies of the amateur radio satellites at <br><a href="http://r4uab.ru/?p=6393" target="_blank">http://r4uab.ru/?p=6393</a><br>
<br> AMSAT-UK <a href="http://amsat-uk.org/" target="_blank">http://amsat-uk.org/</a></p></div>