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fredag, maj 23, 2014

Ham radio SSTV satellite launches Saturday



The amateur radio Slow Scan TV satellite SPROUT (Space Research On Unique Technology), built by students from Nihon University, launches on May 24 at 0305 UT

SPROUT, a 20 x 20 x 22 cm amateur radio nano-satellite with a mass of 7.1 kg, will launch from the Tanegashima Space Center with ALOS-2 a L-band (1236.5 MHz/1257.5 MHz/1278.5 MHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite into a 654 km orbit.

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