DeorbitSail launched

The DeorbitSail CubeSat, built by researchers and radio amateurs at the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford, was launched on Friday, July 10, 2015 carrying a 1200 bps BPSK beacon on 145.975 MHz The first DeorbitSail packets reported to the Surrey Space Centre were from Ken W7KKE in Lincoln, OR, USA. Nitin Muttin VU3TYG reported receiving signals on the 1810 pass over India. The DeorbitSail project is a collaboration to build a 3U CubeSat sized satellite with a deployable sail that will demonstrate rapid deorbiting. More

(Source: Southgate - Jul 12)