Nu r det nra fr SSETI Express att komma upp:
The launch date for SSETI Express and three cubesats
has now been confirmed as 25 August, with the next day,
the 26th, as a back-up.
The satellite has now completed all its pre-launch tests
and is presently back in the clean room where everything
is having a final checkout and where the cubesats are being
loaded into their launchers.
Current plans show that the satellite will be packed and
ready for despatch to the launch site during the last week
of June.
SSETI Express will automatically downlink general telemetry
at 9K6 on 70cm and it will also be possible for amateurs to
request specific downloads.
It is planned that the 38K4 telemetry transmitter on 2.4GHz
will also be available for amateur voice operation as a Mode
U/S transponder after initial tests on the satellite have been
completed.
AMSAT-UK provided the 2.4GHz transmitter for the satellite
and a presentation on SSETI Express will be given at the
AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium to be held from 29 to 31 July at
the University of Surrey in Guildford. All amateurs and SWLs are welcome to attend.
Klla: ANS-163