> Subject: SUNSAT LAUNCH TO BE COVERED ON SW > Date: 08 January 1999 04:12 > > SUNSAT LAUNCH TO BE COVERED LIVE ON SHORTWAVE > > South Africa?s first satellite, SUNSAT, will be launched on 14 January > from van den Berg Airforce Base. Live coverage will be broadcast by > ZS6SRL on short-wave and various Amateur Frequencies, The short-wave > broadcast will run from 10:00 UTC till 11:30 on the following > frequencies: > 31 metreband 9525 kHz 100 kW Omni Directional antenna > 16 metreband 17870 kHz 250 kW beamed 19 degrees > 13 metreband 21530 kHz 500 kW beamed 340 degrees > > SUNSAT was built by students at the University of Stellenbosch who have > done the detailed design and software development while system level > design was carried out by lecturers, some of whom have studied at the > Universities of Surrey, Stanford and MIT > > > SUNSAT has several payloads with two of the focus areas on Amateur > Radio and School Science projects. In addition SUNSAT will carry NASA > experiments and an experimental pushbroom imager. > > > The transmission will carry back ground interviews and live coverage > from the launch site. > > QSL to SARL P O BOX 1942 Hillcrest 3650 South Africa. Email to > sarlnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ALSO ATTACHED IN MSWORD6 >
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