[amsat-bb] JAWSAT Launch

[Dan James <nn0dj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings all,


Florida Today is reporting the following on the upcoming JAWSAT launch:


A third attempt will be made tonight to launch JAWSAT (Joint Air Force 
Academy-Weber State University Satellite). The launch window opens at 10:03 
p.m. EST (0303 GMT on Jan. 27). The Orbital Sciences Minotaur rocket is 
carrying the JAWSAT, FalconSat, ASUSat 1 and OPAL (Orbiting Picosat 
Automatic Launcher) carrying STENSAT, MASAT (Miniature Amateur Radio 
Satellite), DARPA/Aerospace Corp Picosat and Artemis Picosat spacecraft. 
Launch will be from the SSI Commercial Spaceport at Vandenberg Air Force 
Base, Calif. OSP Minotaur/JAWSAT images. There will be a Web cast of the 
launch but you must register in order to see it. The U.S. Air Force Space 
and Missile Systems Center said the launch also can be seen on satellite 
broadcast on Galaxy 7, transponder 8, uplink 6085, dowlink 3860 vertical 
beginning at 7 p.m. EST.


  --73 Dan NN0DJ--


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