AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Amateur Radio Satellite Launched

The AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Amateur Radio satellite launched into an 800 kilometer sun-synchronous orbit from from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday at 0630 UTC. This miniature satellite, only 10 inches square, will provide amateurs with various voice and data communications modes. On-orbit checkout and testing should be complete in about ten days. AMSAT will release a bulletin when the satellite is available for use by amateur radio operators.

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