ANS is pleased to report the successful Launch of the Kodiak Star Launch <BR>vehicle from Kodiak Alaska on Sunday morning 02:40:02 UTC (Saturday evening <BR>local time).<P>The launch had been delayed several times due to weather conditions and Solar <BR>Flares.<BR>On board the launch vehicle and of interest to Amateur Satellite operators <BR>were the PCsat and Starshine satellites as well as another satellite <BR>developed by the Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs). <P>Initial Information indicates that all satellites were successfully deployed, <BR>and that the amateur radio satellites have been heard by AMSAT members in <BR>many countries.<P>For further details keep in touch with ANS

For information on PCSAT: <A HREF="http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html</A> <BR>For information on Sapphire: <A HREF="http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~sapphire/sapphire_overview.html" TARGET=_blank>http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~sapphire/sapphire_overview.html</A> <BR>Downlink near 437.097 MHz, the Sapphire team will send a special QSL card if you email them telemetry received from Sapphire, 1200 buad, Packet format: AX25<BR>For Starshine 3: <A HREF="http://www.azinet.com/starshine/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.azinet.com/starshine/</A>