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SumbandilaSat on its way to Russia - Amateur Radio beacon sounds goodSouth Africa's SumbandilaSat was given an official send-off on Friday from Sunspace in Stellenbosch enroute to Russia where it will be taken to the Russian Naval base at Murmansk for integration with the launch vehicle. From there it will be loaded on the submarine off the coast of Russia
for launch into a 500 km polar orbit. The launch campaign is between 18
and 25 June, much dependent Once in orbit SumbandilaSat will pass over South Africa mid morning and mid evening. "The amateur radio beacon and parrot repeater are operating well", Hendrik Burger, project engineer at SunSpace told SA AMSAT. " It was good to hear the satellite responding to "hello SumbandilaSat " by repeating the greeting loud and clear. It gave us a warm feeling when the beacon transmitted the message recorded
by Anton Coetzee, a learner at the
Source: The South African Radio League
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