Feb 02, 2019 On November 15, 2018, Es’hail-2\/P4A was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. Es’hail-2\/P4A was jointly developed by QARS (Qatar Amateur Radio Society) and Es’hailSat (The Qatar Satellite Company), under the technical leadership of AMSAT-DL, and is the first geostationary amateur radio payload. The satellite has reached its final position at 25.9 \u00b0E, and the narrowband and wideband transponders were successfully tested on December 23, 2018 and January 16-17, 2019. The transponders are expected to open for general use in February 2019.<\/p>\n
At the request of AMSAT Deutschland e.V., QARS and Es’hailSat, AMSAT hereby designates Es’hail-2\/P4A as Qatar-OSCAR 100 (QO-100). May the 100th OSCAR satellite to be the guiding star for future amateur radio satellites and payloads in geostationary orbit and beyond.<\/p>\n
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
\nAMSAT VP Operations \/ OSCAR Number Administrator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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