Reaktor Team’s Quasars and CubeSats Scientist Sissi Enestam
Satellites with Amateur Radio payloads launched from India on the ISRO PSLV-C43 mission at 0427 GMT on Thursday, November 29, 2018.
Among the satellites is the Reaktor Hello World CubeSat, callsign OH2RHW, carrying a Packet Radio Digipeater. The 437.775 MHz beacon transmitter was expected to be activated and start sending Morse code at around 1100 GMT on Thursday. The team had said the first person to record and report the beacon gets an RHW mission T-shirt.
Reaktor Hello World RF specification and TLE are available at https://reaktorspace.com/reaktor-hello-world/
The Morse code (CW) transmission from Reaktor Hello World was received and tweeted by Tetsurou Satou JA0CAW in Japan at 1150 GMT.
In response to JA0CAW’s tweet the Reaktor team responded with WOOOHOOOO!!!!
Reception of Reaktor Hello World by Tetsurou Satou JA0CAW
Talking to the Times of India, ISRO chair Kailasavadivoo Sivan said, “We are going to to launch HySIS at 9.59 am [IST] on November 29 from Sriharikota. Over 30 foreign satellites, including nano and mini satellites, will also be launched along with the main payload. Out of the 30 commercial satellites, 23 are from the US.”
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/isro-to-launch-hyperspectral-imaging-sat-with-30-foreign-satellites-on-nov-29/articleshow/66801810.cms
The satellites with amateur radio payloads, all CubeSats, are:
3CAT1 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=370
FacSat-1 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=635
InnoSat-2 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=548
Reaktor Hello World https://twitter.com/RHW_Satellite/
https://reaktorspace.com/reaktor-hello-world/
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=503
IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination http://amsat.org.uk/iaru