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SSETI Express set to launch this FridayAt long last, official confirmation has been received that the SSETI
Express launch is scheduled to take place at 06:52 on September 30th with
October 1st as the backup date. The launch of SSETI Express will be streamed to the Internet thanks to
the efforts of Howard Long, G6LVB. The new URL for the Webstream will
be The first transmission will occur approximately 65 minutes after separation from the launch adaptor approximately 100 minutes after launch when Express is over northern Europe. The type of the first transmissions will depend on the state of the battery. In Nominal mode - a sub 1 second burst of AX25 9k6 FSK telemetry every 18 seconds on the downlink frequency of 437.250 MHz. In Recovery or Safe mode - simple on/off telemetry comprising 16 x 100 msec carrier pulses. This telemetry is repeated every 30 seconds in Safe Mode and every 2 minutes when in Recovery Mode. The satellite will transmit at a power of 3 watts. Reception reports will be welcome by email at operations@sseti.net or by placing them on the SSETI Newsgroup at slave.gte.tuwein.ac.at in the folder "sseti.express.report" where you will also be able to see reports from other locations around the world. Full information on receiving SSETI Express signals, decoding the telemetry,
submitting it to the project team and entering the competition will be
posted at: This will have links to all the updated pages as they occur. AMSAT-UK produce a newsletter
"Oscar News" which is full of satellite [ANS thanks Graham, UA/G3VZV and Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]
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