Live web stream of UNITEC-1 launch

This evening's launch of the Amateur Radio satellite
UNITEC-1 on its journey to Venus will be streamed live on the internet.

Mineo Wakita JE9PEL has provided this information on the AMSAT bulletin board.

Launch date, 17 May 2010
Launch time, 21:44:14 UTC
Launch site, Tanegashima Space Center in Japan

Satellite           Downlink     Beacon      Mode                          Callsign
UNITEC-1        5840.000     5840.000   1200bps AFSK,CW     JQ1ZUN
Negai*"           437.305       437.305    1200bps AFSK,CW     JQ1ZEX
Waseda-SAT2   437.485      437.485    9600bps PCMFSK,CW      ?

Negai

1 00000U 10021H 10121.28882375 .00000730 00000-0 10000-3 0 112

2 000000 29.9659 339.8308 0000000 120.7250 357.1250 15.908223575 373

Tanegashima Web Camera
http://space.jaxa.jp/tnsc/webcam/index_e.shtml

Live Broadcast
http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/live/index_e.html

AKATSUKI Special Site
http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/index_e.html

Satellite information
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/unitec-1.htm
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/unitec-2.htm

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

The latest news on UNITEC-1 is available at the Operation Center website along with free software and a Ham Radio forum, see
http://sites.google.com/site/unitec1ops/

Amateur Radio call for assistance for UNITEC-1 Venus-bound satellite
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2010/unitec_1.htm

Receiver for Interplanetary Amateur Radio Satellite UNITEC-1
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/
venus_satellite_receiver.htm

AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, that is full of Amateur Satellite information.
Join online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/

A fully detailed description of the UNITEC-1 satellite and its
capabilities and data structure appeared in Oscar News No 188