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  • Bank of Lithuania Gold Coin Features Amateur Radio Satellites

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Tue Oct 30 16:37:24 2018
    10/30/2018

    The Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas) has released a commemorative gold 5? coin featuring the country's LituanicaSAT-1(LO-78) and LitSAT-1 Amateur Radio Satellites.

    The two CubeSats were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on January 9, 2014, and deployed from the ISS on February 28. LituanicaSAT-1 carried a FM transponder and a camera, while LitSat-1 had a linear (SSB/CW) transponder developed by William Leijenaar, PE1RAH.

    The face of the gold coin features the Lithuanian coat of arms as a star constellation, with LituanicaSAT-1 and LitSAT-1 on the other side.

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