[amsat-bb] Re: Yubileiniy-2

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Trevor . wrote:
> Can't remember if this link has been posted before 
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> http://www.iss-reshetnev.com/?cid=news&nid=136 
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> It's concerning Yubileiniy-2 which is slated for a December 28 launch into a 1400 km orbit. It mentions Aerospace Vehicle Laboratory ROSTO providing the radio system, didn't they also do RS-15 ?
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> The first Yubileiniy used 435 MHz.
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> 73 Trevor M5AKA
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>   
It's always a possibility Trevor, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. 
There are other similar satellites that I've seen reference to being in 
development, but other than using 145/435 for command and control, I've 
seen no reference to an open two-way package.

For what it may be worth, last year as part of the AMSAT-NA Engineering 
Task Force, I approached Eurockot about availability of a secondary 
launch to a high LEO. Rokot launches out of Plesetsk routinely go to 
that type of orbit for Kosmos and Gonets launches, and indeed 
Yubileiniy-1 was on one of these. The answer was far from encouraging.

73, Drew KO4MA