Three Amateur Radio Cubesats launched

At 19:55 EDT on Tuesday May 19 three CubeSats carrying Amateur Radio payloads were successdully launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The CubeSats are:

PHARMASAT-1 - Santa Clara University on 437.465 MHz AX.25 1200 bps

HAWKSAT-I - Hawk Institute for Space Sciences on 437.345 MHz

POLYSAT CP6 - California Polytechnic State University on 437.365 MHz
1200bps AX.25

Initial reports on the web indicate that signals have been received from Pharmasat-1 and Polysat CP6.

A 'High Quality' video of the launch titled 'Minotaur 1 (TacSat 3)' can be seen on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEf9trI1Hf8
(click on player's HQ icon)

A lower quality version is at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEs2STSF7Lo

PharmaSat launch and beacon alert
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2009/
pharmasat_launch.htm

Calpoly CubeSat Page
http://cubesat.calpoly.edu/

AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/