[amsat-bb] PSLV-CA launch on 28 Jan 2013

[Mineo Wakita]

SARAL, Sapphire, NEOSSat, BRITE, TugSat-1, AAUSat-3, Max Valier
are planed to launch on 28 Jan 2013, 12:20UTC by PSLV-CA from
Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota, India)

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SARAL, Ocean Observation Satellite
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization),
 and CNES(Centre National d'tudes Spatiales, France)
Ka-band radar altimeter operating at 35.75 GHz
http://smsc.cnes.fr/SARAL/
http://www.isro.org/scripts/futureprogramme.aspx

Sapphire, Military Satellite
Department of National Defence (DND), Canada
http://spaceref.ca/military-space/sapphire-canadas-first-military-satellite.html

NEOSSat, Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite
Microsat Systems Canada Inc (MSCI)
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/neossat/default.asp

BRITE (CanX-3A), 20cm NanoSatellite
BRIght star Target Explorer / Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiments
UTIAS (University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies), Canada
http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX3/

TugSat-1 (BRITE-Austria, CanX-3B), 20cm NanoSatellite
Technical University of Graz (TUG), Austria
VHF/UHF/S-Band, Photometric observations of bright stars
http://www.tugsat.at/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL7joLxSPl4
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/pres/stsc2012/tech-47E.pdf

AAUSat-3, 1U CubeSat 437.425MHz
Aalborg University, Denmark
http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/

Max Valier, X-ray Astronomy Satellite
Italian educational institutions
http://sat.gobbz.net/

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[Reference]
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JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita