{"id":11662,"date":"2024-11-04T16:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T10:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=11662"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T10:34:48","slug":"get-ready-for-the-new-fm-satellite-launch-asrtu-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/get-ready-for-the-new-fm-satellite-launch-asrtu-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready for the New FM Satellite Launch (ASRTU-1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ObypL0fx0co?si=ypHrAAqyWGTIDOgI\" 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 \/>\nA new FM satellite launch has been announced on the AMSAT bulletin board. LEO satellite operators have been requested to try receiving the first day telemetry reception from all over the world and especially from Europe and Africa. ASRTU-1 (BJ2CR \/ RS64S) satellite is planned for a Soyuz 2.1b launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome. Separation is expected on November 5, 2024 at approximately 03:36 UTC. ASRTU-1 has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/ans-217-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins\/\">V\/U FM repeater<\/a> with uplink on 145.875 MHz FM using a 67 Hz CTCSS (PL) tone. Downlink will be on 435.400 MHz FM. Another interesting feature mentioned is an open telecommand system to allow radio amateurs to send commands to control the satellite to take and download images. Image downloads will be on 10.460 GHz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new FM satellite launch has been announced on the AMSAT bulletin board. LEO satellite operators have been requested to try receiving the first day telemetry reception from all over the world and especially from Europe and Africa. ASRTU-1 (BJ2CR \/ RS64S) satellite is planned for a Soyuz 2.1b launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome. Separation is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amateur-radio-ham-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Get Ready for the New FM Satellite Launch (ASRTU-1) - Johnson&#039;s Techworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/get-ready-for-the-new-fm-satellite-launch-asrtu-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get Ready for the New FM Satellite Launch (ASRTU-1) - Johnson&#039;s Techworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new FM satellite launch has been announced on the AMSAT bulletin board. 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