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WG3K > ANS 11.08.24 17:45l 8 Lines 1211 Bytes #48 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: AMSAT EAâ€Ös GENESIS-A Launched
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AMSAT EAâ€Ös GENESIS-A module, attached to the upper stage of the Ariane-6 launcher, was put into orbit with the inaugural launch of the said rocket on July 9, 2024 from French Guiana. The module was programmed to transmit FT-8, which is, as far as the project managers know, the first time that this modulation has been used from space, as well as SSTV. Although its reception seemed impossible, a station located in Delft, the Netherlands, confirmed the reception and decoding of FT-8, as well as the reception of SSTV in orbits 3 and 4 that the stage carried out over Europe.
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The station, belonging to the Von Storch Engineering company, has provided the IQ files of the recordings for analysis by AMSAT-EA.
Although the stage was expected to fall into the sea, this did not happen and the GENESIS-A module remains in orbit with the stage.
ESA was asked about the availability of power in the launcher stage and about the possibility of restarting the module, but the battery pack that powered YPSAT and the GENESIS-A module was completely depleted, so there is no real possibility of restarting it.
[ANS thanks Felix Paez, EA4GQS, AMSAT EA for the above information.]
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