Italian Radio Ham first to receive O/OREOS

The Ames Research Center says that an Italian Radio Amateur, Marco Bruno IK1ODO, was the first to report receiving signals from the O/OREOS satellite on 437.305 MHz AX.25 FM

Ames say:

Approximately 19 minutes after launch, O/OREOS separated from the Minotaur IV rocket and entered low Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 400 miles. About three hours after launch, amateur radio operator, Marco Bruno, in Torino, Italy received the first signals from O/OREOS.

After a spacecraft checkout period, O/OREOS autonomously initiated the first of two experiments, which will last approximately six months and transmit data for as long as a year. The second experiment will start on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.

Read the full Ames Research Center press release at
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/
2010/10-109AR.html

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