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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 265.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 21, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-265.01
South African SumbandilaSat Launch Likely By Year-End 2008
ITAR-TASS published a news item stating that the first South African satellite Sumbandila “is likely to be launched into orbit along with a Russian spacecraft Meteor-M at the end of 2008, said the head of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos), Anatoly Perminov.
“We are currently working toward adapting this cluster of satellite launch with the spacecraft Meteor-M, which will be launched this year.”
Perminov added that “in the near future to meet with experts from South Africa, perhaps even with the head of the South African Space Agency, to discuss the matter.” According to Roscosmos, the South African side is ready to launch its first spacecraft to the new Russian launch vehicle Soyuz-2 “.
ITAR-TASS said that in return for launch services Russia will have the opportunity to place on the territory of South Africa a tracking station to receive f telemetry from upper stages of launch vehicles.
[Editor Note:] AMSAT South Africa has designed and built a control system to facilitate the following operations:
+ V/U voice transponder with an uplink in the 2 meter band and a
downlink in the 70cm band.
+ A parrot repeater (voice digipeater)
+ A voice beacon