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D-Star ONE satellite launch 28Nov2017 - VK4ADC - 17-11-2017
D-Star ONE Launch on November 28
D-Star ONE is the first private German CubeSat and the first D-Star communication spacecraft worldwide.
D-Star ONE will be launched on November 28, 2017 from Vostochny launch site jointly with the Meteor-M ?2-1 mission of the Russian State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS. Final launch preparations are currently being performed.
D-Star repeater & beacon frequencies:
Uplink: 437.325MHz
Downlink: 435.525MHz
RF-Power: 800mW
Additional information will be posted at: http://www.d-star.one/
(AMSAT-NA)
From text edition for NOV 19 2017 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/
Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2017-11-19.mp3
RE: D-Star ONE satellite launch 28Nov2017 - VK4ADC - 08-12-2017
Amateur Radio-Carrying D-Star One CubeSat among Spacecraft Apparently Lost
The first Amateur Radio satellite to employ the D-Star digital voice and data format D-Star One was among about 20 secondary payloads lost on November 28 after an otherwise nominal launch of a three-stage Soyuz 2.1 booster from the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far reaches of eastern Russia.
The mission carried the Russian Meteor M2-1 satellite the primary payload as well as a Canadian Telestar experimental satellite, and 17 other secondary payloads, including D-Star One.
According to reports, a fault occurred in the sophisticated and autonomous Fregat upper stage, which, after separating from the launch vehicle, inserts multiple spacecraft into their respective orbits. A so-called space tug, Fregat has been in service for nearly 2 decades.
Russian space agency Roscosmos is investigating the Fregat failure.
(ARRL)
From text edition for DEC 10 2017 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/
Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2017-12-10.mp3
RE: D-Star ONE satellite launch 28Nov2017 - VK3YCQ - 09-12-2017
Sad to hear the report about the loss of a satellite or failure of a launch vehicle.
I'm in don't care mode when it comes to dstar which seems to be a commercial system and hardware manufacturer specific.
Ian
VK3YCQ