SSETI Express Handbook - Free Download

SSETI Express Handbook – Free Download

The Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative was started by the European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office to enable University students in Europe to experience the challenges and opportunities of actually building a satellite and having it launched into space.

Their first satellite SSETI Express is scheduled for launch on September 30th from Plesetsk in northern Russia at approx 06:52 UTC. It is planned to downlink telemetry in AX25 format at 9k6 on 437.250MHz and at 38k4 on 2401.835MHz. It should also be available for Radio Amateurs to use as a single channel FM transponder.

To coincide with the launch the SSETI Express Handbook has just been published. Written by Richard Limebear G3RWL, using ESA and AMSAT-UK documentation, the 22 page handbook covers just about every aspect of this exciting new spacecraft. It details AMSAT-UK's involvement in the project and contains a wealth of technical information about the spacecraft and the 3 Picosats that will be launched from it.

ESA has asked for the help of Radio Amateurs around the world to collect vital telemetry data from the satellite and they are organising a competition with a prize for whoever submits the largest number of valid telemetry payload packets to SSETI Express Mission Control by 1 January 2006. The handbook provides full details of how to enter this competition.

The PDF of the handbook can be downloaded free of charge from the AMSAT-UK website at http://www.uk.amsat.org/ or printed copies are available for £5 inc P&P in Europe from AMSAT-UK, “Badgers”, Letton Close, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 7SS, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959 Email: g3wgm@amsat.org . Cheques should be made payable to “AMSAT-UK”. Postage rates for other parts of the world available on request.

A French version of the handbook translated by Christophe Candebat F1MOJ is also available.

http://www.uk.amsat.org/
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73 Trevor M5AKA
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The SSETI Express Mission News Page at http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news has been updated with the latest news and pictures from Plesetsk.

The Download Page at http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/downloads.php contains software for Radio Amateurs to enable them to make use of the spacecraft along with the launch campaign logbook.

The latest versions of the English and French editions of the SSETI Express Handbook can be downloaded from http://www.uk.amsat.org/

AMSAT-UK produce a newsletter "Oscar News" full of satellite information.
For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM
Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959
E-mail: g3wgm@amsat.org
Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
Online Satellite Pass Predictions:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/

73 Trevor M5AKA
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Video Webstream of SSETI Express Launch

The launch of SSETI Express from Plesetsk in northern Russia on Friday 30th September at 06:52 UTC will be streamed to the Internet.

Thanks to the efforts of Howard Long G6LVB Radio Amateurs around the world will be able to watch the launch live by entering the following URL into their browser:

http://www.streamingwizard.com/clients/space.asx

For the latest news and pictures from Plesetsk see the SSETI Express Mission News Page at

http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/news

The Download Page at http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/downloads.php contains software for Radio Amateurs to enable them to make use of the spacecraft along with the launch campaign logbook.

The latest version of the SSETI Express Handbook can be downloaded from

http://www.uk.amsat.org/

It is planned that SSETI Express will downlink telemetry in AX25 format at 9k6 on 437.250MHz and at 38k4 on 2401.835MHz. It should also be available for Radio Amateurs to use as a single channel FM transponder.

AMSAT-UK produce a newsletter "Oscar News" which is full of satellite
information. For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM
Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959
E-mail: g3wgm@amsat.org
Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
Online Satellite Pass Predictions:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/

73 Trevor M5AKA
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The European Space Agency (ESA) website http://www.esa.int/ has a page aimed at
young people.

On the bottom right hand corner of the ESA home page click on the "Kids" icon.

Now click on the "Meet the SSETI Express team!" picture.

After the "Intro" caricatures of some of the team members will appear, one of
them is a Ham can you guess which one ? Click on the person to find out.

73 Trevor M5AKA