RS-18

A few days ago the memorial satellite "Sputnik-41" (RS-18) has been launched by the Mir crew. It's main purpose is to get schools and ham radio operators in touch with the modern techniques of satellite tracking and communication. Sputnik 41 is broadcasting short messages at regular intervals in french, english, and russian language on 145.8165 MHz+- Doppler shift. Radio signals are strong and can be easely captured with simple (even vertical) antennas and standard ham radio equipment.

             3D View of a few orbits around Jülich

    Sound track of the pass recorded 24'th of Nov 1998

Kepler-Elements (tle's)

• Mir, Sputnik-41, STS-88, ISS (local)

• Mir, Sputnik-41, STS-88, ISS (NASA)

      Visible passes of the next few days¹

¹ all values calculated using WinTrak Pro

  73 Jürgen, DJ9ZL -[email protected], Packet: [email protected]