{"id":10893,"date":"2024-09-14T18:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T13:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=10893"},"modified":"2024-09-14T18:35:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T13:05:35","slug":"listening-to-uvsq-sat-a-rare-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/listening-to-uvsq-sat-a-rare-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to UVSQ-SAT: A &#8216;Rare Bird&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acdderOEX8Y?si=I5pt-El9vTUYJM3-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nUVSQ-SAT is activated only rarely. That is why I have called it as a &#8216;Rare Bird&#8217;! Now it has been activated for 48 hours starting from 0000z on 14 September 2024. AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page has shown a few reports of the satellite being heard. The satellite is at a low elevation of 365 km, below the orbit of International Space Station. There are four passes in this region during the 48 hours of activation. Now one in this region seemed to have heard it yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UVSQ-SAT is activated only rarely. That is why I have called it as a &#8216;Rare Bird&#8217;! Now it has been activated for 48 hours starting from 0000z on 14 September 2024. AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page has shown a few reports of the satellite being heard. 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