SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-044.01
OSCAR SKN 2000

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 044.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 13, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-044.01

Although many Amateur Radio operators welcomed the year 2000 with
anticipation, several satellite enthusiasts did take part in the Y2K edition
of Straight Key Night on OSCAR, a long time AMSAT tradition.
"The activity level seemed down a bit this year," said AMSAT's Ray Soifer,
W2RS, "but we all had fun." W2RS added that he would like to thank all
the stations worldwide who did take part in the annual event.

There were five 'Best Fist' winners this year -- Thomas Hart, AD1B,
Russell Hack, NM1K, Al Tribble, W3STW, George Brien, N4ZQ
and Frank Wiesenmeyer, K9CIS. Congratulations from ANS!

Ray reminds all satellite operator's to mark their calendars for the 29th
edition of SKN, noting that next year, "hopefully SKN will take place on
Phase 3D!"

[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-044.02
SPECIAL EVENT STATION A SUCCESS

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 044.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 13, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-044.02

Special Event Station W1B achieved another successful operation
recently, during the Vermont QSO Party. In addition to the usual HF
activities, satellite operations were featured, under the direction of
ANS principal satellite investigator Mike Seguin, N1JEZ.

New for the satellite group this year was digital operation with N1JEZ
noting that FO-29 JD1200 on-line transmissions were made during the
event. The final log showed over 107 analog/digital contacts!

W1B is run annually in cooperation with the Jericho Vermont Historical
Society to commemorate the birthday of Wilson 'Snowflake Bentley.

If you worked W1B, QSL via N1PDV, at the following address:

Special Event Station W1B
C/O John Fowler, N1PDV
385 VT Route 15
Jericho, Vermont 05465-2044

[ANS thanks ANS principal satellite investigator Mike Seguin, N1JEZ,
for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-044.03
STS-99 UNDERWAY

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 044.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 13, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-044.03

With six astronauts on board, shuttle Endeavour sped to orbit last Friday
under cloudless skies from the Kennedy Space Center. The STS-99
mission --the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission-- is the first human
space flight of the year. This mission does not carry any Amateur
Radio equipment.

Space shuttle astronauts have deployed the longest rigid structure ever
used in space, the carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, stainless steel and
titanium Invar radar mast. Total length of the mast is just under 200
feet long! The crew has also maneuvered the shuttle into the proper
orientation for mapping. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission will
record radar data in both C-band and X-band radar wavelengths. This
data eventually will be processed into 3-D maps of the Earth that should
be 30 times more exact that those currently available. Because of the
24-hour-a-day radar activity aboard Endeavour, the six crewmembers are
divided into two teams.

The first X-band image of an area near White Sands, New Mexico was
released Saturday afternoon, and scientists expressed their delight with
the quality of the image. X-band images will be posted to the German
Space Agency web site at:

www.dfd.dlr.de/srtm/html/newtoday_en.htm

All of the orbiter's systems continue to function normally. Endeavour is
orbiting the Earth inclined at 57 degrees to either side of the Equator.
This will allow for the radar mapping of a majority of the Earth's surface.
The shuttle completes one orbit every 90 minutes at an altitude of about
150 statute miles.

[ANS thanks NASA for this information]
/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-044.04
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 044.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 13, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-044.04

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** Multiple confirmations that several picosats have been launched from
Opal, including JAK and StenSat, along with Thunder and Lightning
(a.k.a. Thelma and Louise). Space Command confirmed the pico launch
and Aerospace has acquired their pico beacons and decoded data. Initial
reports from Hank, N4AFL, seem to indicate that StenSat is alive, but in
an abnormal operating mode. StenSat appears to be leading OPAL by
about 1-minute. StenSat also appears to be in transponder mode (no
CW or AX.25 has been reported at ANS broadcast time). Cliff, K7RR,
reports he heard himself through StenSat, but with the recovered audio
highly distorted and at about S-2 in strength. Stay tuned to ANS and
watch the AMSAT BB for the latest news. -NN0DJ

** The Houston AMSAT Net has completed its move to a new satellite
carrier, the C-band GE Americom Spacenet 4, transponder 16 upper (H),
using a 5.8 MHz wideband analog audio subcarrier on 4.020 GHz. The
bird is located at 101 degrees west longitude. The satellite link of the
Houston AMSAT Net began back in 1994 on the Telstar satellite and
has continued through many different network feeds since then!
-Bruce, KK5DO

** Launch of the International Space Station's next component - the
Zvezda service module - is scheduled to occur before this July 15th
from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. That is according to both NASA and
the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. Launch of Zvezda sets the
stage for the launch of other ISS components undergoing final testing at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Other key station components are also
under development and testing in Europe and Japan. -NASA

** Jeff Davis, N9AVG, has been archiving the AMSAT-BB mailing list
using an HTML format on the AMSAT-NA ftp site. The archives can be
viewed by month, author, subject or thread. Jeff has also added a search
engine for doing word/phrase specific searches of the archive. Check out
Jeff's work at http://n9avg.org/amsat/. -ANS thanks N9AVG

** ESA is contributing to the world's biggest field campaign to measure
ozone amounts and changes over the Arctic. The aim of this international
campaign is to obtain a better understanding of the low ozone values
observed over the Arctic region during recent winter/spring seasons and
their possible link to long-term ozone depletion over Europe. The
campaign, based above the Arctic Circle, started last November and
continues until the end of March. -ESA

** The current issue of The Economist carries a story called
'Picosatellites: Small is Beautiful' and talks about the recent OPAL
launch. Although most of the story centers on the two satellites in the
constellation that were built by Aerospace Corporation, it does mention
that some of the six small birds launched by OPAL were built by
Amateur Radio satellite enthusiasts. -Ray, W2RS

** The West Valley Amateur Radio Association has added on-line
practice examinations for all written elements to its web site. "Our
program will automatically generate a test and grade it after you are
done" said Mike, K6PUD. Visit http://www.wvara.org and follow the
link in the bulletin on the front page. -ARRL

--ANS BULLETIN END---

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-044.05
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 044.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 13, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-044.05

RADIO SPORT RS-12
Uplink 21.210 to 21.250 MHz CW/SSB
Uplink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 29.408 MHz
Robot Uplink 21.129 MHz
Robot Downlink 29.454 MHz
Semi-operational, beacon only.

RADIO SPORT RS-13
Uplink 21.260 to 21.300 MHz CW/SSB
Uplink 145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 29.460 to 29.500 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 29.458 MHz
Robot Uplink 145.840 MHz
Robot Downlink 29.504 MHz
Operational, in mode-KA with a 10-meter downlink
and a 15-meter and 2-meter uplink.

AC5DK's RS-12/13 Satellite Operators Page:
http://www.qsl.net/ac5dk/rs1213/rs1213.html

RADIO SPORT RS-15
Uplink 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/SSB
Downlink 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/SSB
Beacon 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
SSB meeting frequency 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a
10-meter downlink.

Dave, WB6LLO, has operating information for both RS-15 and RS-13
on his web site. In addition to satellite data, antenna information for
mode-A operation is also featured.

The WB6LLO web site URL is:

http://home.san.rr.com/doguimont/uploads

OSCAR 10 AO-10
Uplink 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB
Beacon 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)
Semi-operational, mode-B. AO-10 has been locked into a 70-cm uplink
and a 2-meter downlink for several years.

DX continues to be worked (and heard) on AO-10. Tony, VK5ZAI has
been active, as has Al, XE2YVW. Jerry, K5OE, worked George,
W1ME/PJ7 by keying the PTT button on his 35-watt mobile FM rig for
his uplink, receiving with a small handheld wideband receiver! Both
radios were fed into a small handheld beam.

W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:

http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html

[ANS thanks Stacey Mills, W4SM, for his AO-10 status information and
web site]

AMRAD AO-27
Uplink 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink 436.795 MHz FM
Operational, mode J.

Mike, N1JEZ, reports working Steve, VA3SF/J6, in Saint Lucia
via AO-27.

An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site. The URL is:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html

AO-27 uses a method called Timed Eclipse Power Regulation (TEPR)
to regulate the on-board batteries. In simple terms, TEPR times how
long the satellite has been in an eclipse (or in the sun) and decides
what subsystems to turn on or off. The AO-27 pages on the AMSAT-NA
web site include an explanation of AO-27 operations (at):

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao27.html
Chuck, KM4NZ, recently reset the TEPR states on AO-27 (on 02/12/2000).

TEPR 4 is 22     TEPR 5 is 58

[ANS thanks Chuck Wyrick, KM4NZ, and Michael Wyrick, N4USI, for
AO-27 information]

SUNSAT SO-35
Operational. SunSat has been in mode-B (FM) using an uplink
of 436.291 MHz (+/- doppler) and a 145.825 MHz downlink.

SunSat was launched February 23, 1999 aboard a Delta II rocket from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SunSat stands for
Stellenbosch University Satellite and takes it name from the South
African university whose students constructed the payload.

The SunSat package includes 1200 and 9600 baud digital
store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater system
that will be used primarily for educational demonstrations.

The satellite has two VHF and two UHF transmit-receive systems.
The SunSat command team recently upgraded the diary software.
The team has also uploaded the parrot repeater software and early
tests were satisfactory. The parrot repeater should be functional
near the end of January. According to the team packet radio
operation is still some 3 months away.

For more information on SunSat, visit the following URL:

http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za

[ANS thanks Garth Milne ZR1AFH, for this information]

JAS-1b FO-20
Uplink 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.

JAS-1b (FO-20) was launched in February 1990 and continues
to function quite well.

[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports]

JAS-2 FO-29
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink 145.900 to 146.000 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink 435.800 to 435.900 MHz CW/USB
Operational, rotated with digital mode and digi-talker.

JAS-2 was successfully launched on August 17, 1996, by an H-II launch
vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center.

Digital Mode JD
Uplink 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink 435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK
Digitalker 435.910 MHz
Operational, rotated with analog mode and digi-talker.

Mike, KF4FDJ, has put together a very informative document on FO-29,
addressing analog, digital and digi-talker modes. To obtain a copy
e-mail Mike at: kf4fdj@amsat.org

Kazu, JJ1WTK, reports the FO-29 operational schedule
(announced by the JARL) is as follows:

through February 21st         JA
February 22 - 27th             JD1200 mailbox
February 28 - March 5th     JA

Mineo, JE9PEL, has updated his FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis
program. The software will automatically analyze all digital
telemetry from the satellite such as current, voltage and temperature.

The JE9PEL FO-29/software update is available at:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/

[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-29 status reports]
/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-044.06
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 044.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 13, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-044.06

KITSAT KO-25
Uplink 145.980 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 436.500 MHz FM
Operational.

Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-25 is operational. Downlink efficiency remains
in the 60 to 70% range with good data throughput.

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for KO-25 status information]

UOSAT UO-22
Uplink 145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 435.120 MHz FM
Operational.

Chris Jackson, G7UPN, reports to ANS that UO-22 has now entered full
sunlight and the temperatures have increased considerably. Controllers
have turned the satellite upside down to point the critical systems to cold
space. This has reduced the temperature on various systems (such as
the batteries) by between 5 and 10 degrees. The unfortunate by-product
of this is that the downlink is now quite weak.

The satellite will remain in full sunlight until late March, when
controllers
will turn it back 'over' again. According to G7UPN "over the next few
years this situation will become worse as the no eclipse periods become
longer."

Only the 145.900 MHz receiver is usable for communications at the
moment.

More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:

http://www.sstl.co.uk/

[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-22
status information]

OSCAR-11
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM, 1200 baud AFSK
Mode-S Beacon 2401.500 MHz
Operational.

Clive, G3CWV, reports that "it has been an interesting time for
OSCAR-11. I'm pleased to report that the satellite has survived the Y2K
change-over and continues to work well." G3CWV tells ANS that good
signals have been received from the 145.826 MHz. beacon. In addition,
a revised bulletin from G3RWL has been uploaded by ground control.
The operating schedule is as follows:

ASCII status (210 seconds)
ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)
BINARY SEU (30 seconds)
ASCII TLM (90 seconds)
ASCII WOD (120 seconds)
ASCII bulletin (60 seconds)
BINARY ENG (30 seconds)

The ASCII bulletin is currently a static message, detailing modes and
frequencies of all active amateur radio satellites.

More information on OSCAR-11 is available at the following URL:

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/

[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV, for OSCAR-11 status information]

LUSAT LO-19
Uplink 145.84 145.86 145.88 145.90 MHz FM
using 1200 baud Manchester FSK
CW downlink 437.125 MHz
Digital downlink 437.150 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK
Currently semi-operational. The CW beacon is sending eight telemetry
channels and one status channel.

Currently, no BBS service is available. The digipeater is active.

Mineo, JE9PEL, recently recorded LO-19 CW and PSK telemetry and
placed the information on his Internet homepage site at:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/

Telemetry is as follows:
Time is Sun Feb 13 12:26:00 2000 uptime is 561/22:42:43
+10V Bus 11.227 V RC PSK TX Out 0.674 W
Total Array C= 0.313 Bat Ch Cur= 0.108 Ifb= 0.023 I+10V= 0.147
TX:017 BCR:88 PWRC:62D BT:3C WC: 0

General information and telemetry samples can be found at:

http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/lo19.htm

[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for LO-19 status information]

PACSAT AO-16
Uplink 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.86 MHz FM
using 1200 baud Manchester FSK
Downlink 437.0513 MHz SSB RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK
Mode-S Beacon 2401.1428 MHz
Semi-operational.

Russ Platt, WJ9F, of the AO-16 Command Team tells ANS the
437.025 MHz transmitter has been turned off and the S-band
transmitter is now on. The satellite is back in a PHT (PACSAT
Housekeeping Task) mode. This task manages the battery charging
during sunlit periods and manages the decay during eclipse periods. It
also includes safeguards to protect the batteries. WJ9F will be running
Whole Orbit Data surveys to watch the batteries during the S-band only
operation. Russ is also reloading the software to bring the file server
back on line.

Stay tuned to ANS for further updates.

Telemetry is as follows:

Time is Sun Feb 13 12:20:51 2000 uptime is 000/08:51:41
+10V Bus 10.500 V PSK TX RF Out 1.286 W
Total Array C= 0.284 Bat Ch Cur=-0.055 Ifb= 0.023 I+10V= 0.359
TX:1008 BCR:72 PWRC:58B BT:3C WC: 0 EDAC:AC

General information and telemetry WOD files can be found at:
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu

A complete collection of WOD graphics corresponding to the
year of 1998 can be found at:

http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/wod1998.zip

[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for AO-16 status information]

TMSAT-1 TO-31
Uplink 145.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 436.925 MHz 9600 baud FSK
Operational.

ProcMail V2.00G has been released by G7UPN. This software permits
the processing of image files from TO-31. It has been posted to the
AMSAT-NA FTP site at the following URL:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/wisp

Many of the high-resolution color images transmitted by TMSAT are
compressed using a UoSAT compression format. This format is
supported by the VK5HI CCD display program.

[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for TO-31 status
information]

UoSAT-12 UO-36
Downlink 437.025 MHz
437.400 MHz

UoSAT-12 was successfully launched on April 21, 1999 from the
Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome. UO-36 carries a number of imaging
payloads, digital store-and-forward communications and mode L/S
transponders.

The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions.

S-band high speed downlink commissioning continues at rates
between 128kb/s and 1Mb/s. The S-band downlink frequency has
not been announced.

UO-36 has been transmitting 9600-baud FSK telemetry framed in a
VLSI format using a downlink frequency of 437.400 MHz. Chris,
G7UPN, reports UO-36 is also (at times) testing on 437.025 MHz at a
baud rate of 38,400 (38k4). Currently, this downlink is switched on over
Europe. Due to the limited power on UO-36, it is not possible to have
this downlink on permanently over all areas.

Presently the BBS is still closed.

The VK5HI viewer shareware is available on the AMSAT-NA
web site at the following URL:

ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/display/ccddsp97-119.zip

Further information on UO-36 is available from:

http://www.sstl.co.uk/

[ANS thanks Chris G7UPN/ZL2TPO, and the University of Surrey for
this information]

ITAMSAT IO-26
Uplink 145.875 145.900 145.925 145.950 MHz FM 1200 baud
Downlink 435.822 MHz SSB
Semi-operational, digipeater function is 'on'.

IO-26 was launched on the September 26, 1993.

Alberto, I2KBD, reports IO-26 has been opened to APRS use.

[ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for this
information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-037.07
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 037.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 06, 2000
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-037.07

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE
NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:

KITSAT KO-23
Uplink 145.900 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK
Downlink 435.175 MHz FM
Non-operational.

KO-23 is non-operational. The downlink transmitter (TX-0) has been
turned off. KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, reports from the KO-23 control
team that part of the problem is due the current power budget aboard
the satellite.

Stay tuned to ANS for more information.

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ,
for KO-23 status information]

TECHSAT-1B GO-32
Downlink 435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry
Updated status. Shlomo, 4X1AS, tells ANS that efforts are underway
to bring GO-32 on line.

Stay tuned to ANS for further information.

The TechSat-1B micro-satellite was successfully launched from the
Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 10, 1998.

Last reported, the satellite does not have a continuos beacon, but does
transmit a 9600-baud burst every 30 seconds (for a continuous 3
seconds in length), on 435.225 MHz.

The TechSat team has constructed a home page about TechSat.

To view the site, point your web browser to:

http://techsat.internet-zahav.net/

PANSAT PO-34
Uplink/downlink frequencies have not been established.

The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions.
PanSat, developed by the Naval Postgraduate School, was launched
from the shuttle Discovery during STS-95. PanSat spread-spectrum
digital transponders will be available to amateur radio operators in the
near future along with software to utilize this technology.

Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, PanSat Project Manager recommends
'The ARRL Spread Spectrum Sourcebook' as a good place to start in
understanding the spread-spectrum scheme.

For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at:

http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/

PanSat is the featured cover article in the July/August 1999 issue of the
AMSAT-NA Journal (written by KD6DRA and N7HPR).

[ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, for this information]

MIR SPACE STATION
Ham radio activity aboard the Mir space station came to a close on
August 28, 1999 as the crew returned to Earth, leaving the station
unmanned. Mir is in a stable orbit with only essential systems running.
All Amateur Radio activities have ceased.

Current Amateur Radio equipment aboard Mir includes:

MIR SAFEX II 70-cm Repeater
Uplink 435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 141.3 Hz
Downlink 437.950 MHz FM
Not operational. No operation in 1999 or 2000 has been observed.

MIR SAFEX II 70-cm QSO Mode
Uplink 435.725 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 151.4 Hz
Downlink 437.925 MHz FM
Not operational. No operation in 1999 or 2000 has been observed.

MIR PERSONAL MESSAGE SYSTEM (PMS)
Uplink/Downlink 145.985 MHz FM 1200 baud AFSK
Not operational.

DOVE DO-17
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM 1200 baud AFSK
2401.220 MHz
Non-operational.

DOVE stopped transmitting in March 1998. The 145.825 MHz and
2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air and the satellite has not
responded to ground station control. No additional information is
available at this time.

WEBERSAT WO-18
Downlink 437.104 MHz SSB 1200 baud PSK AX.25
Non-operational.

WO-18 is reported to be in MBL mode after a software crash.
No additional information is available at this time.

SEDSAT-1 SO-33
Downlink 437.910 MHz FM 9600 baud FSK

The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and
recovery efforts have been unsuccessful.

Mineo, JE9PEL, reports he has again received minimal telemetry
from the satellite, the most recent dated December 9th.

SedSat-1, signifying Students for the Exploration and Development of
Space Satellite number one, was successfully launched and placed in
orbit on Saturday, October 24, 1998.

For more information on SedSat-1 visit the satellite web site at the
following URL:

http://www.seds.org/sedsat

No additional information is available at this time.

/EX