08-12-2017, 08:09 AM
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)
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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
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