Kl. 06.30 UTC idag den 29/6 kom d Echo upp tillsammans med 7 andra satelliter. Satelliterna placerades i bana 30 minuter efter start. Hr kommer den officiella notisen frn ANS:
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 181.01 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. June 29, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-181.01
Chuck Green, N0ADI, reported by phone from the Baikonur Cosmodrome that the launch of AMSAT Echo and the other satellites occurred on time at 6/29/2004 0630 UTC. He watched the rocket climb out and said it appeared to be flying straight and true. A second phone call from Chuck 18 minutes later confirmed that the launch carrying AMSAT OSCAR Echo was successful and that all spacecraft had separated successfully.
Chuck was assisted in the final integration and checkout process at Baikonur by the team from SpaceQuest which included Dr. Dino Lorenzini KC4YMG, Mark Kanawati N4TPY, and Lyle Johnson KK7P. The SpaceQuest team members are also AMSAT members and volunteers.
A first attempt to turn on Echo will be made during its pass over the US at about 1430 UTC. Initial transmissions will be short, just enough to gather some telemetry and analyze the performance of the power system. Those first
downlink signals will be on 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 bps.
The correct callsigns for Echo s Pacsat Broadcast Protocol Digital system are:
Broadcast: PACB-11
BBS: PACB-12
The callsigns reported in ANS-180.01 were incorrect.
A telemetry decode program, TLMEcho, is available for those who would like to view and report data from Echo. It may be downloaded from http://web.infoave.net/~mkmk518/echo.htm
If you record telemetry please send the CSV files to ke4azn@amsat.org. A database for all telemetry has been established and will be tested over the next few days. When testing is complete it will be made available for
direct upload of telemetry files as well as queries on any and all data.
Please do not transmit to Echo until checkout and commissioning has been completed and the satellite is made available for general use.
[ANS thanks Chuck, N0ADI, and Jim, WD0E, for the above information]
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