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From: marcbg@feenix.metronet.com (Marc Grant)
Subject: AMRAD Announces the Launch of AMRAD OSCAR-27
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 02:12:17 GMT
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AMRAD Announces the Launch of AMRAD OSCAR-27
 
The Amateur Radio Research And Development Corporation (AMRAD), 
of McLean Virginia, is proud to announce the launch and activation of 
a new Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio (OSCAR), named 
AMRAD OSCAR 27 (AO-27).  Launch occurred at 0145 UTC Sunday, 26 
September aboard the Ariane V.59 mission from the Guyanis 
Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.  AMRAD OSCAR-27 was 
inserted into its orbit approximately 24 minutes later as one of 
seven satellites launched on this mission.  AMRAD OSCAR-27 was 
activated on the next orbit as it passed over the command station 
near Washington, D.C., and was heard by AMRAD members throughout 
the area.
 
AMRAD OSCAR-27 is a secondary amateur communications payload 
carried aboard the EYESAT-1 commercial microsatellite built by 
Interferometrics Inc. of Vienna, Virginia.  The amateur equipment 
aboard the satellite was constructed by members of AMRAD, a 
technically-oriented, non-profit organization of radio amateurs 
based in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., to meet the needs 
of amateurs for a platform to conduct digital satellite 
communications experiments.  The payload is presently transmitting 
at 1200 bps AFSK on a frequency of 436.8 MHz on a part-time 
schedule during the on-orbit checkout and commissioning of the 
parent EYESAT-1 satellite.  AMRAD members will be preparing 
information for future release on receiving and decoding telemetry 
from the payload and on the progress of their experiments.  
 
AMRAD congratulates the KITSAT and ITAMSAT teams and the 
University of Surrey on the launch and activation of their satellites.  
AMRAD thanks AMSAT-NA for the technical support and encouragement they
provided during construction and preparation of the AMRAD OSCAR payload.
For further information about AMRAD and the AMRAD OSCAR-27 payload, 
please contact AMRAD at PO Drawer 6148, McLean Virginia, USA, 22106-6148, 
or call the AMRAD BBS in McLean, Virginia, at (703)734-1387.
 
 
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