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[alexpgp]

In doing some research on an EVA translation I've finally gotten around to doing, I ran across the following description:

С борта МКС в самостоятельный полет космонавты отправят отработавший свое старый скафандр "Орлан-М", к которому прикрепят веб-камеру, приемник GPS, и радиолюбительский передатчик. Проект получил название "РадиоСкаф". В отличие от КА "Бауманец", его малобюджетный собрат будет неуправляем и даже вообще не будет иметь обратной связи. С орбиты в день юбилея скафандр сыграет гимн МГТУ и, по крайней мере, 2 месяца будет каждые 2 минуты голосом передавать позывные на нескольких языках радиолюбителям всего мира. По тому же каналу будет передавать картинку ТВ-камера, в поле зрения которой время от времени попадает Земля.

The cosmonauts will launch an Orlan-M spacesuit that has exhausted its service life into free flight from the ISS. The spacesuit will be equipped with a webcam, a GPS receiver, and an amateur radio transmitter. The project was named "RadioSkaf". In distinction from the "Baumanetz" satellite, this low-budget sibling will not be controllable and also will have no uplink. The spacesuit will play the anthem of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University on the anniversary of the school's founding and, for at least 2 months, will transmit a call sign every 2 minutes in several languages to radio amateurs around the world. The same channel will be used to downlink images from the camera that will, from time to time, have the Earth within its field of view.

The Bauman university will be 175 years old this year, and plans to celebrate with the launch of two student-designed satellites.

The article goes on to note that RadioSkaf will be launched by pushing it away from the ISS. Hi tech, eh?

Cheers...

Comments

[love337.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool!!

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Yeah it is. Amazin' the kinda stuff you get to find out about in this job!

Cheers...

[kf6gpe.livejournal.com]

Wow! I saw the proposal in QST, and that AMSAT was trying to assemble some of the gear that would be used for the launch if it was approved, but that was a couple of months ago.

Not only is the whole idea cool, but it's really cool to find out that it's been moving along through your blog and translation work! :)

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Well, I just report the news. And with any luck, I have slightly better visibility down the road on exactly what's supposed to go down and when.

Cheers...

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

You don't happen to have the frequencies, do you?

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Not yet. The general info, available on the Web, is that transmissions will be in the 2-m and 440 MHz bands. But there's time yet.

Cheers...

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

I'll pass the info along to heath in case he's interested in listening for the (what looks like in English "Oprah") suit.