RE: [amsat-bb] Amateurs Get "New" FM Satellite

["jtowler" <jtowler@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Firstly, Great News about another sat ..

My Question:
Would someone please confirm the Sat #, rather than name for this bird?

Please note what seems a conflict:

1) www.space-track.com search for "posat" return a hit for "POSAT 1", ID#
22826.

That is recorded as:
- Common Name "POSAT 1".
- Launch Date 1993-09-26.
- Country: Portugal.

This matches well with the basic data on the AMSAT web page at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/po28.php which claims
its called "POSAT-1" amoung other names, and also that "PoSAT-1 was built at
the University of Surrey in a collaborative program between a consortium of
Portuguese academia and industry".

2) The AMSAT web page link above plainly says its # 22829, and known on
Space-Track.org as "EYESAT A".

That is recorded on Space-Track.org as:
- Common Name "EYESAT A".
- Launch Data 1993-09-26.
- Country: US.

This matches some of the update on the AMSAT home page, but does not match
the other data on Space-Track per (1) above, which seems a better fit. E.G.
Common Name and Country.

So, is it #22826 or #22829?

Has Space-Track got some of the data wrong?

But anyway, bring it on so we can play with it ... :-)

Regards
Jim Towler
ZL1TYF
Member: AMSAT New Zealand.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-AMSAT-BB@amsat.org 
> [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Trevor M5AKA
> Sent: Sunday, 31 July 2005 1:37 p.m.
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Amateurs Get "New" FM Satellite
> 
> 
> Amateurs Get "New"FM Satellite
> 
> It was announced at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in 
> Guildford, England by the AMSAT-UK secretary Jim Heck G3WGM 
> that Amateurs 
> will be getting a new FM satellite to use.
> 
> PO-28 (POSAT-1) was launched on September 25th 1993. It's 
> primary purpose 
> was for commercial use on frequencies outside the Amateur 
> bands but it also 
> had the capability to operate on the Amateur bands. After prolonged 
> negotiations it has been agreed that the satellite can be switched 
> permanently to the Amateur frequencies.
> 
> It is expected that the process to change over the operation of the 
> satellite from Commercial to Amateur use will take a couple of weeks.
> 
> PO-28 (POSAT-1) was built at the University of Surrey within 
> a collaborative 
> programme in satellite technology between a consortium of Portuguese 
> academia and Industry (LNETI, EFACEC, OGMA, MARCONI, ALCATEL, 
> IST, UBI & 
> CEDINTEC) and the Univerity of Surrey, managed through Surrey 
> Satellite 
> Technology Ltd.
> 
> Uplink Frequencies:   145.925 and 145.975 MHz
> Downlink Frequencies: 435.075 and 435.275 MHz
> 
> Orbit    : 822 x 800 km, 98.6 deg inclined, sun-synchronous.
> 
> AMSAT-UK produces a newsletter packed full of Amateur 
> Satellite information. 
> For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM
> Tel:   +44 (0)1258 453959
> Email: g3wgm@amsat.org
> Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
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> 
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
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