<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">AMSAT India AISAT APRS payload operational on 145.825 MHz</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">An APRS payload from <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">AMSAT INDIA</strong> was successfully launched on April 1,<br style="box-sizing:border-box">2019 at 03:57 GMT on the PSLV-C45 mission. The payload was powered up on schedule over Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Poland and Moscow.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">AMSAT India requested stations at these locations to report the first signals on 145.825 MHz from the payload.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The first beacon from AISAT-1 was received by R4UAB and DK3WN was able to digipeat through the satellite. Mike posted information on his blog at: <a href="http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=94180" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=94180</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">AMSAT India requests that the Amateur Radio fraternity worldwide use the payload and Satgates to feed the traffic.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">More details about this unique project as well as the pre-launch TLE are available at <a href="http://www.amsatindia.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.amsatindia.org/</a> <br style="box-sizing:border-box">Their twitter feed is at <a href="https://twitter.com/amsatindia" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://twitter.com/amsatindia</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">AMSAT Argentina&#39;s web-based satellite pass page passes at <a href="http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=aisa1" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=aisa1</a> provides use- ful tracking information based on the pre-launch TLE.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The 4th stage of the PSLV rocket (PS4) will become an orbital platform in a 485 km orbit hosting three payloads:<br style="box-sizing:border-box">+ Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) digipeater from<br style="box-sizing:border-box">AMSAT INDIA<br style="box-sizing:border-box">+ Automatic Identification System (AIS) from ISRO Advanced Retarding <br style="box-sizing:border-box">+ Potential Analyzer for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST).<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Nitin, VU3TYG</strong></em>,<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Secretary, AMSAT INDIA</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>