Unfortunatty this day arrived, I will keep my records and memories of a lot of fun doing amazing QSO´s.
Thank you ALL the Team. Now we need to look forward to the next "bird". RIP VO-52 and thank you for all. 73 Fabiano Moser CT7ABD On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:07 PM, R Oler <orbit...@hotmail.com> wrote: > What a wonderful asset the satellite has been ....built by good people it > accomplished the goal we should all be part of, of "extending the hobby to > others". I'll keep listening on occassions...you never know eventually it > might do an Oscar 7 > > Congrats to all who built her. Robert G. Oler WB5MZO > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jul 21, 2014, at 10:05, "'Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]' w...@isac.gov.in > [amsatindia]" <amsatin...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > With heavy heart, I sadly convey, that our little angel ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ > would no more be able to offer her services to the ‘Amateur Radio > Fraternity. HAMSAT VO-52 succumbed in Space on 11th July 2014, while she > was on her 49,675th orbit, due to the failure of on-board lithium ion > batteries that have met their end of life. > > > > Although her desires were to be at work with other systems and > sub-systems working normal as per the latest telemetry received, the > on-board computer recurring to ‘Reset’ mode due to the failure of batteries > is preventing her to do so. Hence, it is decided not to expect any more > meaningful and reliable services from HAMSAT VO-52. > > > > Since 11th July, every best possible effort has been put in by the > spacecraft controllers here in ISTRAC Bangalore to revive her back to life > and to help her with work load, so she won’t be swamped when she returns, > but with no luck. Though it is hard, the HAMSAT VO-52 designers and > controllers insist that the time has come to let the little angel free in > space to go drifting on her own from their care and custody. > > > > Thus, today 21st July 2014, ISRO have decommissioned 'HAMSAT-VO52' > officially. > > > > We all here in ISRO do definitely hope that ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ worked > tirelessly and was a good friend to the ‘Amateur Radio Fraternity’ around > the World. We are sure that HAMSAT was loved by all who worked through her. > Though, we are deeply saddened by the loss of HAMSAT VO-52, but she will > never be forgotten and far from our hearts, minds and memories. > > > > HAMSAT VO-52 will always be remembered by all of us here in ISRO as one > of the greatest satellites of ours. > > > > Dear ‘HAMSAT’, looking at the sky, we all say ‘Good Bye’ to you. You’ll > be greatly missed. Rest in Peace. > > > > Nevertheless, at this point of time, on behalf of the World Amateur > Radio Fraternity, we thank each and everyone who contributed to the great > success of ‘HAMSAT’. > > > > Particularly, our sincere thanks to the Chairman ISRO, Dr. K. > Radhakrishnan, past chairmen Dr. Kasthurirangan, Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, > Director-ISAC Dr. S.K.Shiva Kumar, past ISAC Directors Dr. P.S. Goel, Dr. > Shankara, Dr. T.K. Alex, Director-ISTRAC Shri. B.S. Chandrasekhar, > scientific secretary Dr. Koteshwar Rao, Project Director-Shri. J.P. Gupta, > Deputy project Directors, Mission Director-Shri. R.Suresh, Operations > Director-Shri. Parimalarangan and each and every person directly or > in-directly contributed. > > > > At this point of time, we also thank AMSAT-India and in particular, late > Shri. Nagesh Upadhyaya-VU2NUD, Shri. B.S. Gajendra Kumar-VU2BGS, Shri. > Prathap Kumar-VU2POP, Air Commodore. Subramanian-VU2UV, Shri. V.P. > Sandlas-VU2VP, Dr.R. Ramesh-VU2RMS, Shri. Nitin-VU3TYG, Mr. Williams > Leijenaar PE1RAH and each and every member. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Pasted below is the message from Mr. R. Suresh, Mission Director: > > > > > > HAMSAT, the first small satellite by ISRO has been Decommissioned after > nearly a decade of service to the World Ham community. > > > > > > A true masterpiece among small satellites, designed for one year mission > life, but exceeded all expectations by serving for almost 10 years. A truly > autonomous satellite, with “Zero maintenance“ in terms of Mission > operations, it provided a springboard to test many new concepts such as > BMU. LI-ion based power system, automatic Spin rate control and Auto SAOC > for maintaining the Satellite attitude without any ground commanding. > > > > HAMSAT known as “OSCAR-52” among the Amateur HAM operators has been > very popular because of its high sensitivity receiver and strong > transmitter. Indian Radio Amateurs on many occasions conveyed to us that > they have been greatly honored to share the adulations showered on ISRO and > INDIA by the International Radio Amateur for gifting this wonderful > satellite "HAMSAT". > > > > > > I take this opportunity to applaud the HAMSAT teams at ISAC, ISTRAC and > other centre for their efforts and support, which has made ISRO proud > among the HAM users across the globe. > > > > > > R,SURESH > > MISSION DIRECTOR > > HAMSAT > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] > > Secretary & Station-In-Charge > > Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC > > ISRO Satellite Centre > > HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. > > Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 > > Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 > > E-mail ID: w...@isac.gov.in > > vu2wmy_m...@yahoo.com > > isroh...@yahoo.com > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > confidential and privileged information. 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