VITASAT-1r/FAISAT-2v Launch Date/Time Set
Eric Rosenberg (erosenberg@orbcomm.net)
Tue, 08 Apr 97 15:44:13 est
Author: Joe Sedlak
Date: 4/8/97 2:59 PM
Priority: Normal
TO: Eric Rosenberg
Subject: Launch
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Learned through email this morning that the launch is scheduled
for 5:00 PM Moscow time on April 17. The stuff got to Omsk last Thursday
or Friday - and they have been working hard to get the satellite
together. Don't know when it will be shipped to launch site.
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As a reminder, the satellite is secondary to (and attached to) a military
communications/navigation satellite. The launch vehicle is a Cosmos-3M from
Plesetsk. The flight profile is similar to the FAISAT-1/Astrid launch of
January 1995. (See Sven Grahn's paper in the 9th Annual Small Satellite
Conference for details)
Nominal downlink (4800/9600 bps GMSK) are 400.62 MHz and 400.55 MHz. Primary
launch to launch +30 TT+C facility is at the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway.
At approx. launch +30 the TT+C will move to Logan, Utah.
Any observations would be appreciated.
Eric
Eric Rosenberg
Washington, DC
wd3q@amsat.org