April 11, 2019

Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)

On October 29, 2018, the Diwata-2 microsatellite was launched on a H-2A launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan. Diwata-2 was developed by the PHL-Microsat program now succeeded by the STAMINA4Space program, and in cooperation with Tohoku University and Hokkaido University.  The satellite carries an amateur radio payload that has been tested and is now ready for service.
At the request of the STAMINA4Space program, AMSAT hereby designates Diwata-2 as Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101).




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December 12, 2018

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December 8, 2018

JO-97

On December 3rd, 2018, JY1Sat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight's SSO-A:
Smallsat Express launch, JY1Sat is a project of the Crown Prince Foundation
of Jordan. Telemetry has been received and decoded around the world since
the launch.



At the request of the Crown Prince Foundation, AMSAT hereby designates
JY1Sat as Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97). We congratulate the owners and operators
of JO-97, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite
community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects.



73,

Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA

AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator
Amsat - bb email list 

December 7, 2018

EXSEEDSAT- VUSat-OSCAR-96 (VO-96)

On December 3rd, 2018, ExseedSat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight's SSO-A:
Smallsat Express launch,  ExseedSat was built by a team of Indian radio hams
including Ashhar Farhan (VU2ESE), George Phillips (VU2GT), Gurudutta Panda
(VU3GDP), Sasi Bhusan (VU3ELR), and Nitin Mutin (VU3TYG). Initial telemetry
has been received around the world.

At the request of Exseed Space, AMSAT hereby designates ExseedSat as
VUsat-OSCAR 96 (VO-9vu6). We congratulate the owners and operators of VO-96,
thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and
wish them continued success on this and future projects.

73,

Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA

AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator
Amsat-bb email list 

December 2, 2018

Amateur radio satellites launched from India November 29

Satellites with Amateur Radio payloads launched from India on the ISRO PSLV-C43 mission at 0427 GMT on Thursday, November 29, 2018.


The satellites with amateur radio payloads, all CubeSats, are:
3CAT1 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=370
FacSat-1 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=635
InnoSat-2 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=548
Reaktor Hello World https://twitter.com/RHW_Satellite/ https://reaktorspace.com/reaktor-hello-world/

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 Satellite status



3CAT-1    ... #437??, 437.250MHz, 9k6 BPSK CW, active
              5 min beacon interval

FacSat-1  ... #43721, 437.350MHz, 9k6 GMSK, active
              using SoundModem (TY2/6 9k6)

Reaktor   ... #43728, 437.775MHz, 9k6 2GFSK CW, active
              2GFSK can not be decoded with normal software.

Innosat-2 ... #43738, 437.450MHz, 4k8 GMSK, active
              using SoundModem (1KUNS-PF 4k8)

FACSAT-1
1 43721U 18096C   18334.22688571  .00027989  00000-0  10934-2 0  9993
2 43721  97.4872  39.2139 0016168 319.7179 127.4551 15.25724654   165
Reaktor
1 43728U 18096K   18334.16180617 -.00000075  00000-0  00000+0 0  9999
2 43728  97.4852  39.1487 0016615 325.5558 125.7315 15.26135796   149
INNOSAT-2
1 43738U 18096V   18333.96322465 -.00000078  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 43738  97.4854  38.9533 0024621 334.8241 110.0540 15.27666015   128
 
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