[amsat-bb] BRICsat now heard too!

[Gregory Beat]

These spacecraft (and CubeSats) were onboard the Atlas V launch, yesterday:

• X-37B OTV-4 (USA 261)
• GEARRSAT 2 (GEARRS 2)
• LightSail A
• OptiCube 1 (O/C 1)
• OptiCube 2 (O/C 2)
• OptiCube 3 (O/C 3)
• USS Langley
• AeroCube 8A (IMPACT A)
• AeroCube 8B (IMPACT B)
• BRICSat-P
• PSat A (ParkinsonSat A)
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2015.htm

Scroll down the AMSAT-UK web site 
http://amsat-uk.org/2015/05/20/lightsail-1-launch/
for a very good picture of the Dispenser, that was attached to the Centaur second stage.
After OTV-4, X-37B was released, the Centaur stage performed a orbital maneuver for release of these small satellites.  
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BTW, Centaur has now been used for 51-1/2 years by USA on Atlas (and retired Titan boosters).

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