Forte is alive and in the predicted orbit. Who will be the first to spot it ? AOS of FORTE on 401.565MHz at 19:59:06 in 137deg LOS of FORTE on 401.565MHz at 20:11:01 in 50deg My POS: 57:00 N 18:23E about 10m over sea level Recciver AOR-8000 and 10element yagi for cut for 432MHz Signal weak (as expected) S1-S2, and clear modulation Congratulations to the team !! Kim Pettersson kip@grk.se Gotland Island Sweden >The next Pegasus XL launch is scheduled for Friday, August 29, 1997 at >1500 UTC. The satellite being launched is FORTE (Fast On-orbit >Recording of Transient Events). > >FORTE UHF beacon: 401.565 MHz >MODULATION: either 256 of 1024 bps bi-phase, max 3db BW: 16KHz >EIRP: about 1 Watt into a 1/4 wave Monopole >FORTE >1 00001U 99001A 97241.63283565 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 15 >2 00001 70.0020 272.5930 0001034 195.6230 331.1350 14.27534500 12 Add two minutes to the epoch to correct the launchtime to 15:02