A Kosmos 3M rocket is set to launch the SSETI Express, China DMC+4 observation satellite, TopSat imaging satellite for the British government and a group of Russian and Iranian research craft from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia.
SSETI Express is an educational mission to deploy 3 CUBESAT pico-satellites developed by universities, to take pictures of Earth, act as a test-bed and technology demonstration for hardware of the complementary project: the European Student Earth Orbiter, and function as an amateur radio transponder for the rest of it’s mission duration. The 3 CUBESATS: XI-V from Japan, University of Tokyo, UWE-1 from Germany, University of Würzburg and Ncube-2 from Norway, Andoya Rocket Range. SSETI (Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative)is a initiative founded by European Space Agency Education Office to improve the European youth interest in technology and space, giving students from European countries the chance to work on real space missions. Launch is scheduled at 2:52 am EDT. Thursday (11:52 pm PDT. Wednesday) Webcast of the launch (provided by AMSAT-UK) is available at: http://www.streamingwizard.com/clients/space.asx Broadcast starts around 2:30 a.m EDT. (11:30 pm PDT. Wednesday) DVB satellite broadcast is available If your in view of: Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees east Transponder B6, channel G (vertical), SCPC/4:2:0 F=11.181 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4 ASTRA 1G at 19 degrees East Transponder: 1.108 (DVB - MPEG-2, MCPC) Polarisation vertical - Frequency 12551,5 MHz Symbol Rate 22000 MS/sec - FEC 5/6 - Service Name ESA (Astravision 2) Additional info: http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/ http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/sseti_express/index.html http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/express/mop/ TOPSAT: http://www.sstl.co.uk/index.php?loc=114 DMC+4: http://www.sstl.co.uk/index.php?loc=121 -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm EST. on RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network AMC-7 Transponder 5 / 6.8 & 7.5Mhz (4DTV W-7 973), WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/EyMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
