NanoSail-D launches this month

NanoSail-D, carrying an Amateur Radio beacon on 437.305 MHz, is planned to launch November 20 on a Minotaur-4 HAPS rocket.

NanoSail-D will be in a low earth orbit at 9 degrees inclination. It will carry a 437.305 MHz 1200 bps AX25 beacon with one 1/2 second burst every 5 seconds.

The orbit will be elliptical, 685 km apogee and 340 km perigee, degrading to 200 km at which time it will deorbit.

Power will be from primary cells. The co-ordinated downlink frequency for NanoSail-D is on the IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/
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Gunter's Space Launch Page
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2010.htm

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