[HCDX] Amateur Satellites Lost in Space

["Mike Terry" <miketerry73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amateur satellites 'Ralphie' and 'Sparkie' were launched on 21 December but
unfortunately US Air Force officials have now acknowledged that an "anomaly"
occurred and the two nanosats were lost after not reaching orbit. The
satellites' mission was to conduct a technical investigation to demonstrate
packet radio for inter-satellite links using a frequency of 437.5MHz.

(RSGB)

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