The launch was on January 26, 2000 7:03 PM PST. 27, 2000 03:03 UTC

Telemetry note on frequencies and data rates/types Nov. 4, 1999.

Epoc 2000 keps InstantTrack & WiSP32 fix Jan. 2, 2000.

BootRom telemetry format. Updated Jan. 16, 2000

JAWSAT RamDisk Download (BootRom) format.

JAWSAT RamDisk Download format.

PEST experiment data format. Updated Nov. 17, 1999

Pictures and other information on JAWSAT can be found on the Center for Aerospace Technology (CAST) web page at Weber State University.

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-128.01 NEW OSCAR NUMBERS ASSIGNED

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 128.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 07, 2000 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-128.01

AMSAT-NA President Keith Baker, KB1SF, recently announced the assignment of several new OSCAR numbers. The new numbers were assigned to the Amateur Radio satellites launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on January 27, 2000. The launch was aboard an Orbital Sciences Minotaur launch vehicle.

OSCAR numbers are issued by AMSAT-NA at the request of Project OSCAR - which built and launched the first Amateur Radio satellites beginning with OSCAR-1 in 1961.

In order to qualify for an OSCAR designation, certain specified criteria must be met, the most important of which are set fourth in a document issued by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - entitled 'Information Paper for Perspective Owners and Operators of Satellites Intended for Operation in the Amateur Satellite Service'. Information on this document is available on the IARU Internet web site and also through a link from the AMSAT-NA web page. The IARU document is based on a similar document published earlier by AMSAT-NA.

Other criteria include the need for a written request by the person or organization responsible for the satellite to be submitted to AMSAT-NA. This request must include information about the satellite (such as frequencies and orbit) as well as a statement that the requirements of the IARU document have been and are being met.

The following OSCAR information is provided relative to the latest number designations:

JAWSAT (which stands for Joint Air Force Weber Satellite), in addition to its own electronic payload, consisted of a structure on which were mounted a number of other spacecraft. These small satellites were ejected from JAWSAT itself. Among these were the several Amateur Radio satellites - which have now received OSCAR numbers.

ASUSat, built at Arizona State University, is now also known as Arizona State OSCAR-37, or AO-37.

OPAL, built at Stanford University in California, is designated OPAL OSCAR-38, or OO-38.

JAWSAT, built at Weber State University in Utah, is designated Weber OSCAR-39, or WO-39.

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Chairman of the Board Bill Tynan, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA President Keith Baker, KB1SF for this information]

/EX

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