[South Florida DX Association] ARISSAT-1 Blasts Off

[Bill]

 From the WorldRadio Online Newsroom...

The ARRL reports that a Soyuz-U rocket carrying the AMSAT ARISSAT-1 
satellite lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan today, 
heading for the International Space Station. The Progress M-09M cargo 
vehicle is also carrying fuel, oxygen, food and other supplies for the 
space station. It is scheduled to dock with the station on January 30 at 
0240 UTC.

ARISSAT-1 is scheduled to be hand-launched during a spacewalk on 
February 16. It features a new software-defined transponder that will 
allow simultaneous FM, CW and BPSK transmissions on 2 meters, along with 
a traditional Mode U/V transponder (70 centimeters up, 2 meters down). 
The satellite has no propulsion system and will circle the Earth until 
its orbit decays and it burns up on re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.

More information is available at the AMSAT-NA website at 
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php.
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