Special Certificate to Celebrate 30 Years of LUSAT

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AMSAT-LU will be issuing a special certificate to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of LUSAT (LO-19) during LUSAT week which takes place 18-26 January 2020.

On 22nd January 1990, LUSAT/LO-19 was launched along with AO-16, DO-17, WO-18, UO-14 & UO-15.

It's our first Argentina Satellite, and one of first to use PACSAT protocol.

LUSAT is still calling home with her carrier at +/-437.125 saying Hey! I am here - http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=lusat

AMSAT-LU invites to share and celebrate this 30th anniversary, due 22nd January 2020.

From 18th through to 26th January 2020 several Club Stations and amateurs will be active by radio.

Granting thru one contact on any band or mode or Sat a QSL and/or a Certificate.

More Details - http://amsat.org.ar/?f=30e


Belgium's QARMAN CubeSat to be Deploy

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Belgium's QARMAN CubeSat to be Deploy

QARMAN, a nano-satellite designed and built at VKI, was launched to the International Space Station on 5th December 2019. Deployment is expected to take place in the week of 12th February 2020

QARMAN (Qubesat for Aerothermodynamic Research and Measurements on AblatioN) is the world’s first CubeSat designed to survive atmospheric re-entry. Work on it started in 2013 at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI).

The aim of the QARMAN mission is to demonstrate the usability of a CubeSat platform as an atmospheric entry vehicle. Spacecraft descending towards a planet with an atmosphere experience very harsh environment including extreme temperatures (several thousand degrees).

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