Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite with amateur radio transponders to launch soon

Es’hail-2 coverage area

The satellite Es’hail-2 carrying amateur radio transponders is expected to be launched into a geostationary orbit in the next few days, see https://amsat-dl.org/p4-a-eshail-2-launches-in-a-few-days

AMSAT-DL say the launcher does not go directly into geostationary orbit, several orbital maneuvers are necessary, the satellite will then enter the commissioning phase which may take several months.

AMSAT-DL would be pleased to receive as many reception reports as possible, but they would like to ask urgently that transmission attempts are only made after the official release. Transmission attempts before a release only hinder the commissioning and could lead to delays.

Space Flight Now launch schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

Read an article on the Es’hail-2 transponders at
http://rsgb.org/main/files/2018/11/7.1x_AMSAT-UK_Eshail-2_Transponder_Info.pdf

Es’hail-2 and its Amateur Radio payload by Graham Shirville G3VZV and Dave Crump G8GKQ

More videos from the AMSAT-UK Colloquium, part of the RSGB Convention, held at Milton Keynes Oct 13-14, are now available on the AMSAT-UK YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/videos