SPUTNIK's
Anniversary
Jan 8,1998
I have been really busy at work, But some time
this month I will post
here my Sputnik 40/RS-17 data. Below you can see
my first and last
observations of the beacon and it Spectrum. If
you have not sent
for you SWL-QSL yet do not waste any time, QSL
information is on this page This was a very good flight lots Children from
around the world
participated. My congratulations to all who where
involved in the
construction and launch of this Anniversary Flight.
SPUTNIK PS2 UPDATEHR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 004.01 FROM AMSAT HQSILVER
SPRING, MD, JANUARY 04, 1998TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BTBID: $ANS-004.01Reports
from around the world appear to confirm that the Sputnik PS2mini-satellite
has stopped transmitting. The beacon signal from theworking model of the
original Sputnik 1 satellite was last monitoredon December 29 or 30. The
lithium battery-powered 100 mWtransmitter had continued working for eight
weeks after its launchby hand from the Russian Mir space station on November
3,transmitting a beep-beep tone on 145.82 MHz, and many hams aroundthe
globe had continued to track the satellite's progress. Thefrequency of
the tone indicated the satellite's internaltemperature. Recent reports
from stations monitoring the SputnikPS2 indicated its signals were getting
weaker.Students from the FR5KJ radio club at Jules Reydellet College in
St.Denis, Reunion Island, and at the Polytechnic Laboratory of NalchikKabardine
in Russia cooperated in building the mini-Sputnik. TheRussian students
built the satellite body, while the French studentsfabricated the transmitter
inside. Two working models of theSputnik were assembled and transported
to Mir, but only one waslaunched. The Sputnik PS2, also called RS-17, surpassed
the life ofits original namesake by several weeks. The little satellite
was aone-third scale model of the original and had been estimated toremain
in operation for approximately 40 days.As of December 31, the satellite
had not been officially declareddead.
More from France
Greetins for 1998
Last news about RS17.
FR5CY Mr MARODON Jean Paul
[email protected] BP. 589
97472 Saint Denis Cedex
REUNION ISLAND
You can visit our net site:
http://www.oceanes.fr/~fr5fc/spoutnik.html
This is the First Spectrum I took of Sputnik 40
And this is the Last Spectrum of Sputnik 40 I captured.
Reception reports can now also be sent directly to The Radio
Club of Jules Reydellet school on Reunion Island. Those whose
reports are confirmed will receive a 15 x 21 cm, 4 color
certificate on high quality paper with number identification
and the radio club stamp. Requests for these certificates
should be made only by letter with an SASE ( 15 x 21 cm) and
2 IRCs. The certificates will be sent after the end of PS2's
transmission. Please DO NOT send requests by E-mail!
The mailing address for FR5KJ is:
FR5KJ Radio Club
103 Rue de la Republique
97 489 Saint Denis Cedex
Reunion Island
Miles Mann, WF1F, says reception reports can
be sent directly
to Sergei Sambourov, PO Box 73, Kaliningrad-10
City, Moscow
Area, 14070, Russia. Include an SASE
and one IRC for a
certificate. ANS now understands that F1FY
has also volunteered
to be the official QSL manager for Europe.
At press time Bruce
Paige, KK5DO, was investigating the possibility
of setting up a
similar arrangement for North American stations
to get their
Sputnik-40 reception reports to Russia.
