SSETI Express 'on the move'

All work on the SSETI Express spacecraft has now been completed and the spacecraft has left its 'birthplace' - a cleanroom at the ESA ESTEC facility in the Netherlands.

The spacecraft has been packed into its special transport
container and is en-route to the launch site at Plesetsk in Northern Russia.

The launch date is still listed as 25th August (current approx lift off is 06:50 UTC but this may be corrected later) and arrangements are underway for the launch to be shown live on ASTRA-1G - a Ku band satellite covering most of Europe and, hopefully, these transmissions will also be streamed at both high and low resolution on the internet.

Full details of all these media resources will be made known as soon as they are finalised as will details of the telemetry downloading and decoding software and the prizes being offered by ESA for the largest and also the first contributor!

AMSAT-UK will have a team member at the launch site during the launch campaign and intend to provide regular updates during the lead up to August 25th.

You can find more info about SSETI at:
http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/

Graham, G3VZV

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