Lift off of Soyuz carrying GIOVE-A

Galileo Successfully Launched

The first Gallileo satellite built by SSTL has been successfully launched.

BBC News 24 was running a report on it every half an hour which has included an interview with the Radio Amateur who founded SSTL, Professor Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO.
Martin is also Chairman of AMSAT-UK.

For a BBC news report see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4555298.stm

A video of the launch can be seen on the BBC website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/
newsid_4560000/newsid_4563400/nb_wm_4563446.stm

One of the transponders of the Galileo network will use 1260-1300 MHz. Peter G3LTF's paper detailing it's potential impact on Amateur operations can be seen at:
http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/galileo.htm

• AMSAT-UK produce a quarterly newsletter "Oscar News" which is full of Amateur Satellite information. For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM
Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959
E-mail: g3wgm@amsat.org
Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/

73 and a Happy New Year to you all

Trevor M5AKA

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