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Subj: Satellite Shorts From All Over
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+ The MESAT-1 team are continuing to test and commission the satellite. It
is currently in Health Mode transmitting continuously and the downlink
power is now about 6dB higher. So it should be easier to hear and decode.
If you have had trouble decoding it then now is a good time to try again.
Software may be downloaded from
https://www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux/ (ANS thanks
Chris E. Thompson, VE2TCP / G0KLA / AC2CZ, for the above information.)
+ SpaceX is now targeting mid- to late August for the launch of Polaris
Dawn, a mission funded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The
upcoming flight, which will employ SpaceXâÖs Crew Dragon spacecraft and
Falcon 9 rocket, had been slated to lift off no earlier than July 31.
SpaceX announced the delay today (July 26), during a press conference
focusing on the companyâÖs upcoming Crew-9 astronaut mission to the
International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. The NASA mission will include
Zena Cardman, KJ5CMN, Nick Hague, KG5TMV, Stephanie Wilson, KD5DZE, and
Aleksandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos. Crew-9 will launch no earlier than Aug. 18,
and Polaris Dawn will fly sometime after that, the company said. The
Polaris Dawn mission is scheduled to include the first-ever private
spacewalk. (ANS thanks Space.com for the above information.)
+ The U.S. military is installing modular state-of-the-art satellite
jammers capable of disrupting Russian or Chinese communications, should the
need arise. Even though the hardware is ground-based, the U.S. Space Force
will oversee installation and operation. The technology is already past
prototyping. The military tested the system at two different locations
earlier this year. The Department of Defense allocated funds to build 24
remote installations, with 11 scheduled to deploy before the end of the
year. (ANS thanks SatNews.com for the above information.)
+ SpaceX Falcon 9 returned to flight with three Starlink launches in 30
hours after only 15 days of being grounded due to its recent upper-stage
anomaly (a brittle, and presumably cracked, pressure monitoring line) and
conducted its 300th reflight of a booster. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index
for the above information.)
+ Boeing performed a hot fire test of the 27 maneuvering thrusters aboard
the docked Starliner space capsule, which could be the last test before the
spacecraftâÖs delayed return to Earth is approved. Astronauts Barry âButchâ
Wilmore, and Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, took Starliner to the International
Space Station on June 5 for what was to have been a 10-day test flight.
NASA says they may now return in late August. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index
for the above information.)
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