[K3PZN-List] SimSat-4 Flight Day Rescheduled

[Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680)]

News from the SimSat Flight Director's Office . . . 

Sorry.  We must scrub for tomorrow morning.  

The SimSat-4 high-altitude balloon flight out 
of Carroll County, Md. was reschedule for next 
week, Thursday, August 13.  Same time, same 
place.  

Watch the SimSat-4 mission web page for all late 
breaking updates.  

  http://patkilroy.com/simsat/4/  

We still need volunteers to participate, 
including copying the telemetry for an hour 
or less from the comfort of your shack.  

Thank you for your support.  

Sincerely,

Pat Kilroy
N8PK


-----Original Message-----
From: Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) [mailto:patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 05:35 PM
To: wa3nan at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Subject: WA3NAN: SimSat-4 Flight Announcement

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A High-Altitude Balloon Experiment To Fly 
in your local area.  

HERE IS the link with fun flight facts, as 
promised! . . . 

       http://patkilroy.com/simsat/4/  

If the weather is bad, or we are not ready, 
then we will announce it on the VHF net this 
Saturday morning.  

Any make up date is To Be Determined, but, 
let it be known, we will be flying these 
experiments on a semi-regular basis through 
October.  

Cheers,

Pat


-----Original Message-----
From: Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680) [mailto:patrick.l.kilroy at nasa.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 10:51 AM
To: wa3nan at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Subject: WA3NAN: PICetSat II Maiden Voyage To Be Announced

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I HOPE TO announce in the next 48 hours 
SimSat-4, a test flight of the PICetSat II 
module to occur no earlier than this 
Saturday morning, 8:00 A.M. EDT.  

I hope to put up a web page with the facts 
and send you the link.  For now, the downlink 
will be on about 434.000 MHz FM in about 
10 WPM CW with a complete frame being sent 
every 104 seconds including a rest period.  
Our code reader of choice is either GetCW or 
FLdigi, found on the web.  With these you 
may employ a "save to text" file function 
to capture data.  

I am looking for volunteers to copy the 
telemetry live and report back to me 
your TIMESTAMPED log results.  We will 
use the K3PZN/R on 145.410 of Westminster, 
Maryland to coordinate our efforts.  

More info to follow later.  (The launch 
team is VERY busy right now.)  Thank you!  

Cheers,

Pat Kilroy
N8PK


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Mr. Patrick L. Kilroy
Flight Systems Integration and Test (I&T)
Building 5, Mail Code 568
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
Phone: 301-286-1984
E-mail: Patrick.L.Kilroy at nasa.gov
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