SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.01 ATLANTIS HEADS TO ISS AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-254.01 The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-man crew enjoyed a smooth launch Friday morning from the Kennedy Space Center. A short, two-and-a-half-minute launch window opened and Atlantis lifted off right on time as it headed toward its docking berth on the International Space Station. On board Atlantis is the initial Amateur Radio station for ISS. The equipment, part of the multi-national ARISS project, will be stowed aboard the ISS until the Expedition 1 crew arrives in late October. The ARISS initial station gear will be installed temporarily aboard the Functional Cargo Block module and will use an existing antenna that will be adapted to support 2-meter FM voice and packet. The ARISS equipment will get a more-permanent home aboard the Service Module in 2001, along with VHF and UHF antennas. Plans call for amateur TV, both slow scan and fast scan ATV, a digipeater and relay stations. Frequencies and operating plans will be announced well in advance of their use. Planning for the deployment and use of the ham system aboard ISS has been an international effort coordinated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The effort began in 1996 with the formation of the Amateur Radio International Space Station organization. ARISS is made up of delegates from major national Amateur Radio organizations, including AMSAT. The United States has provided hand held equipment for 2-meters and 70 centimeters. The Russian team has provided ports so that antennas can be mounted outside the Service Module. The Italian team designed and built the antennas and a German team has provided sophisticated repeater stations. A Russian call sign, RZ3DZR, has been issued for the ISS ham station. A German call sign, DL0ISS, also has been issued, and a US call sign will be applied for. A very nice article on the ARISS project was recently published by SpaceDaily. The article is available at the following URL: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/iss-00zzb.html More information about the project can be found on the ARISS web site at: http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov By early Sunday morning shuttle Atlantis has closed in for a rendezvous with ISS -- a complicated job made even tougher by a failed navigation device. One of Atlantis' two star trackers was deemed unusable, forcing the crew to add a few flip-flop maneuvers to their repertoire. As Atlantis inched closer, the station revealed itself to be an interesting collection of modules and nodes -- some 13 stories high. The docking maneuver was successfully completed without incident and "was textbook" according to NASA officials. This was the third time a U.S. shuttle had docked at the orbital construction site. The Atlantis crew will spend at least five days outfitting the station in advance of the first long-duration crew's arrival in November. The shuttle has enough fuel to extend the 11-day mission one additional day, giving the crew enough time to begin installation work that would otherwise be left for future crews. NASA said a firm decision on any possible extension of the flight will not be made until docked operations are well underway. [ANS thanks ARISS, NASA, the ARRL, Roy Neal, K6DUE, Steven Bible, N7HPR, and Florida Today for this information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.02 AO-27 RETURNED TO OPERATION AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.02 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-254.02 ANS has been informed that AO-27 has been returned to full analog (FM) Amateur Radio use. The statement from AMRAD, sent by Chuck, KM4NZ, is as follows: For Immediate Release: AO-27 will be returned to analog Amateur Radio use on the first North American daylight pass on Saturday September 9, 2000. Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.797 MHz TEPR 4: 36 TEPR 5: 72 Periodically, over the next several months, the analog repeater will be turned off for a few days at a time, to enable ground controllers to gather Whole Orbital Data (WOD), to verify the health of the satellite. A lot of work has saved AO-27 for many more enjoyable QSO's. signed, Chuck, KM4NZ AMSAT's Bruce Paige, KK5DO, was one of the first stations active on the returning AO-27 pass and reported (via the AMSAT BB) "I just worked many stations on the 14:50 UTC pass of AO-27. It was sounding good as usual." Pedro, EB4DKA, also reported good signals from the satellite, as did Dave, N8KXA. He reported that "AO-27 was 60 over S-9." In addition to hearing it with no fading, N8KXA was able to get into the bird with one watt. ANS congratulates the AO-27 ground control team on this outstanding effort! [ANS thanks AMRAD for this information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.03 ANS IN BRIEF HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.03 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-254.03 ANS news in brief this week includes the following: ** With STS-106 successfully launched to the International Space Station carrying, the ARISS web pages have received updated STS-106 photos with images taken by KA3HDO and KC4YER. Check it out at http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/. -Will, KC6ROL ** The FCC has assigned rulemaking number RM-9949 to the ARRL's petition requesting the domestic status of Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services from secondary to primary in the band 2400 to 2402 MHz. Hams already are primary at 2390 to 2400 and from 2402 to 2417 MHz. The League says it's necessary to secure the intervening spectrum slice to provide some assurances of future occupancy of the band segments for the next generation of amateur satellites (including Phase 3D). Comments supporting or opposing the petition are due by the end of September. -ARRL ** Friday's successful launch of the shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station will signal the start of an adventurous new era for NASA, with as many as 35 launches to the station planned during the next few years. -Florida Today ** Russia will ship five more RD- 180 rocket engines manufactured by the Glushko Energomash company to the U.S. by the end of 2000 on a contract with Pratt & Whitney. -SpaceDaily ** ANS principal satellite investigator N1JEZ reports he was greeted with a nice surprise recently - a QSL card for his satellite contact with FO0AAA, Clipperton Island. Mike says the if you were one of the lucky ones to make contact, look for your card soon! -ANS ** ESA's advanced communication satellite, Artemis, is ready to be shipped to Tanegashima space center in Japan for its launch by a Japanese H2A rocket early next year. Before leaving Europe, it will undergo a final series of functional checkout tests. Artemis is not a conventional type of communications satellite, it Artemis will connect users on the ground with other satellites in orbit via its RF data relay payload. -ESA ** The 11th International Amateur Radio Union Region III Conference ended recently by resolving to seek the ultimate removal of Morse code proficiency as an International Telecommunication Union licensing requirement for HF operation. As an interim measure the conference agreed to support the reduction of all Morse code testing speeds to 5 WPM. -ARRL Letter ** The Midland Amateur Radio Club is planning to activate grid DM-81 on October 14th and 15th using UO-14, SO-35 and AO-27. Look for club station W5QGG. The club will also be operating on 40 meters. -John, NX5E ** EutelSat announced that its W1 satellite has successfully been placed into orbit by an Ariane launcher. Liftoff of the Ariane 44P rocket delivered by Arianespace took place recently from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. -Florida Today ** Dennis Tito, scheduled to be the first space tourist, will start training to fly to the Russian Mir space station in about two weeks, according to officials of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. -SpaceDaily --ANS BULLETIN END--- /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.04 WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 1 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.04 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-254.04 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 146.00 MHz CW/SSB Beacon 29.458 MHz Robot Uplink 145.840 MHz Robot Downlink 29.504 MHz Launched February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian Cosmos C launcher Status: Operational, in mode-KA with a 10-meter downlink and a 15-meter and 2-meter uplink. More information about RS-12 and RS-13 can be found on the AC5DK RS-12/13 Satellite Operators page at: 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) Launched December 26, 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Status: 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) Launched June 16, 1983 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: 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. Jim, KD4HUR, reported that AO-10 was working "very good" as this edition of ANS was being prepared. 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 Launched September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational Software upgrades to AO-27 have been completed. ANS has been informed that AO-27 has been returned to full analog (FM) Amateur Radio use. The statement from AMRAD, sent by Chuck, KM4NZ, is as follows: For Immediate Release: AO-27 will be returned to analog Amateur use on the first North American daylight pass on Saturday September 9, 2000. Please wait until you hear the satellite in analog mode (no data being sent) before you transmit on 145.850 MHz. Uplink: 145.850 MHz Downlink: 436.797 MHz TEPR 4: 36 TEPR 5: 72 Periodically, over the next several months, the analog repeater will be turned off for a few days at a time, to enable ground controllers to gather Whole Orbital Data (WOD), to verify the health of the satellite. A lot of work has saved AO-27 for many more enjoyable QSO's. signed, Chuck, KM4NZ 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 TEPR AO-27 operations (at): http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao27.html [ANS thanks AMRAD for AO-27 information] UO-14 Uplink 145.975 MHz FM Downlink 435.070 MHz FM Launched January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational, mode J. Mike, N1JEZ, reports working FM1DQ (FK94/Martinique) recently on UO-14. Tim, KG8OC, has updated the Michigan AMSAT Information site to include UO-14 information -- point your web browser to the following URL: http://www.qsl.net/kg8oc [ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, for UO-14 information] SUNSAT SO-35 Mode J Uplink: 145.825 MHz FM Mode J Downlink: 436.250 MHz FM Launched February 23, 1999 by a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Status: Operational. At last report SunSat was in mode J. The voice repeater is active for 14 minutes at a time. Weekday operations may be cancelled to support the non-ham payloads. 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 in addition to Mode J operation. The satellite has two VHF and two UHF transmit-receive systems. For more information on SunSat, visit the following URL: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za A summary of the active modes and frequency allocations for SunSat is available at the following URL: http://esl.ee.sun.ac.za/~lochner/sunsat/modes.html [ANS thanks Garth Milne, ZR1AFH, for this information] JAS-1b FO-20 Uplink 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Launched February 07, 1990 by an H1 launcher from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan Status: Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously. OZ1MY reports the beacon on FO-20 is working again, mostly in CW. [ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports] JAS-2 FO-29 Voice/CW Mode JA Uplink 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB Downlink 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB Launched August 17, 1996, by an H-2 launcher from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan Status: Operational, rotated with a digital mode and a digi-talker. 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. The JARL FO-29 command station has announced the following operation schedule of FO-29: through September 17 - JD1200 mailbox operation September 18-24 - JA Sept. 25-Oct. 1 - JD1200 mailbox operation October 2-6 - JA Oct. 7- Nov. 5 - Digi-talker (except mode JA every Wednesday) Mike, KF4FDJ, has put together a very informative document on FO-29, addressing the analog, digital and digi-talker modes. To obtain a copy e-mail Mike at: kf4fdj@amsat.org. Mineo, JE9PEL, has a FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that will automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite (such as current, voltage and temperature). The JE9PEL FO-29/shareware is available at the following URL: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ [ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-29 status reports] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.05 WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 2 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.05 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-254.05 KITSAT KO-23 Uplink 145.900 MHz FM (9600 baud FSK) Downlink 435.175 MHz FM Launched August 10, 1992 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Unconfirmed. At last report KO-23 was (again) operational. KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, reports (from the KO-23 control team) that part of the problem with non-operation has been the power budget aboard the satellite. [ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ, for KO-23 status information] KITSAT KO-25 Uplink 145.980 MHz FM (9600 baud FSK) Downlink 436.500 MHz FM Launched September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational. [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 Launched July 17, 1991 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Operational. At last report, both uplinks were available. 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 Launched March 1, 1984 by a Delta-Thor rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Status: Operational. OSCAR-11 celebrated its sixteenth birthday in space on March 1, 2000. During the period through August 15, 2000 good signals have been received from the 145 MHz beacon in spite of low battery voltage for much of the time. The battery voltage observed during daylight passes has slightly increased. The average value observed was 13.6 volts, with a range of 13.4 to 13.9 volts. The internal temperatures have increased by 1.4C during the month (at 0.4C and -1.0C for battery and telemetry electronics respectively). This rise in temperature is expected as the solar eclipse times become shorter. 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) Launched January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Semi-operational. The CW beacon is sending eight telemetry channels and one status channel. No BBS service is available. The digipeater is not active. Mineo, JE9PEL, has recorded LO-19 CW and PSK telemetry and placed the information on his Internet homepage site at: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ 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 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.96 MHz FM (using 1200 baud Manchester FSK) Downlink 437.025 MHz SSB (RC-BPSK 1200 baud PSK) Mode-S Beacon 2401.1428 MHz Launched January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana. Status: Semi-operational. Russ, WJ9F, reported the S-band transmitter is off. The VHF uplink and the UHF PSK transmitter are operational (TX power at 1.5 watts). The digipeater command is on. A WOD collection of satellite graphics (dated 02/26/2000) can be found at: http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu [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) Launched July 10, 1998 by a Zenit rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Status: 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 Uplink 145.960 MHz (9600 baud FSK) Downlink 437.025 MHz 437.400 MHz Launched April 21, 1999 by a Russian launcher from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Status: Unknown (unofficially in full sunlight illumination) UO-36 carries a number of imaging payloads, digital store-and-forward communications and mode L/S transponders. NASA has demonstrated on UO-36 the ability to use standard Internet protocols to communicate with an orbiting spacecraft (just like any node on the Internet). NASA has been developing this project by working with the commercial payload aboard UoSAT-12. The BBS is open, although uploading and downloading may be disabled at times. The VK5HI viewer shareware for UO-36 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 Launched September 26, 1993 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Semi-operational, the digipeater function is on and open for APRS users. [ANS thanks ITAMSAT Project Manager Alberto E. Zagni, I2KBD, for IO-26 information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.06 WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PART 3 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.06 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-254.06 THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME: 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 Launched February 5, 1991 aboard a Russian Cosmos C launcher Status: Non-operational. No operation in 2000 has been observed. TECHSAT-1B GO-32 Downlink 435.225 MHz using HDLC telemetry Launched July 10, 1998 by a Russian Zenit rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Status: Non-operational. Efforts were reported to be underway to bring GO-32 on line, however, no information has been received by ANS (the last report was dated November 1999). Last reported, the satellite does transmit a 9600-baud burst every 30 seconds (for a continuous 3 seconds in length) on 435.225 MHz. The TechSat team has 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 never been released Status: Unknown. Launched October 30, 1998 by the Shuttle Discovery The satellite is not currently available for general uplink transmissions. PanSat was developed by the Naval Postgraduate School. At the time of launch, PanSat spread-spectrum digital transponders were promised to be available to Amateur Radio operators along with software to utilize this technology. To date, this has not happened. For more information, visit the official PanSat web site at: http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/ PanSat was the featured cover article on the July/August 1999 issue of the AMSAT-NA Journal (the story written by KD6DRA and N7HPR). [ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, for this information] MIR SPACE STATION 145.985 MHz (FM) voice and SSTV (Robot 36 Mode) Launched February 18, 1986 Status: Unmanned. Currently, there is no human habitation aboard the station and the onboard Amateur Radio equipment has been turned off. Several news agencies have reported that Mir in now on 'autopilot'. Stay tuned to ANS for further details. MIR SAFEX II 70-cm Repeater Uplink 435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone of 141.3 Hz Downlink 437.950 MHz FM Status: 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 Status: Not operational. No operation in 1999 or 2000 has been observed. DOVE DO-17 Downlink 145.825 MHz FM (1200 baud AFSK) 2401.220 MHz Launched January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: 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) Launched January 22, 1990 by an Ariane launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Status: Non-operational. WO-18 was last 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) Launched October 24, 1998 by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida Status: Non-operational. The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions and the image and transponder recovery efforts have been unsuccessful. SedSat-1 signifies Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (satellite number one). SedSat-1 has downlinked months worth of telemetry data on the performance of its electrical power system parameters. The Nickel Metal Hydride batteries on the spacecraft were experimental and experienced some abuse due to a power negative situation. This information has provided NASA with useful information. With the exception of the imaging system and the use of the transponders, SedSat-1 has been judged a success. 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