On May 23rd had been launched with success the "Yubileiny" satellite, named RS30, by rocket, from the Plesetsk, base, along with three other communication birds.
This launching was a mean to celebrate the50th anniversary of the first artificial bird "Sputnik-1"

The beacon is sending on 435.315 MHz.
This is an educative bird. It will be able to transmit SSTV and vocal, in the 435 MHz band ( see 435.215 MHz)
It seems too that a digital transponder is aboard to the Russian Universities students use, to make simulations of works to be made in the future on bigger satellites.
See the RS30 page : http://www.npopm.com/?cid=242

Tks Didier, F5NZO

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