Amsat UK - SSETI ESEO Update

The next Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative (SSETI) satellite project, the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO), continues to make progress towards a launch into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) in 2008.

The European Space Agency (ESA) website has the latest details here
http://www.esa.int/esaED/
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The AMSAT-UK payload, a linear 60 kHz wide transponder for the satellite, continues in development and we were invited to attend the recent Workshop at the ESA-ESTEC facility which took place in May.

The transponder will be a single Mode U/S (435 to 2400 MHz) device and will incorporate a STELLA Software Defined Radio (SDR) processor developed by AMSAT-UK member Howard Long G6LVB to provide the best possible system performance for all uplinked signals.

Further information on STELLA can be seen at http://www.g6lvb.com/Articles/stella/

The transponder is also expected to provide telecommand and telemetry facilities for mission controllers immediately after launch and before the planned earth pointing attitude has been achieved and will also include a 400bps telemetry beacon.

More information will be provided during the AMSAT-UK Colloquium being held at the University of Surrey in Guildford UK between July 28th and 30th. For more information see http://www.uk.amsat.org/Colloquium/

AMSAT-UK produces a newsletter Oscar News packed full of Amateur Satellite information. For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959 Email: g3wgm@amsat.org Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/ Online Satellite Pass Predictions: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/

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