BIRD-BT (BHUTAN-1)

BIRD-BT (BHUTAN-1) is no longer on orbit
BIRD-BT (BHUTAN-1) is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 43591

Int'l Code: 1998-067PF

Launch date: November 20, 1998
Source: Bhutan (BT)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
Decay date: 2020-11-18

Uplink (MHz): 145.825
Downlink (MHz): 145.825/437.375
Beacon (MHz): 437.375
Mode: APRS digipeater CW
Call sign: JG6YKL
Status: Reentered

BHUTAN-1 is a small satellite designed and developed by Bhutanese graduate students who were pursuing their masters degree at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) of Japan. The satellite is developed under the Kyutech-led second Joint Global Multination Birds Project (Birds-2).