Hojun Song with Hannes Gassert wearing OSSI Ground Station Backpack and holding a Yagi antenna

Korean artist Hojun Song DS1SBO has made available videos showing the construction of his satellite OSSI.

In addition to radio communications (145 MHz uplink, 435 MHz downlink) OSSI is fitted with LED’s that can flash in Morse Code and is also flying Super-Capacitors.

The backpack ground station that he’s developed features a novel fold up antenna.

OSSI will take off on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonour in Kazakhstan this August.

Watch Setting up the OSSI Satellite Ground Station

 The OSSI ground station has been delivered to etoy. etoy is art and invests all resources in the production of more art, see http://www.etoy.com/

OSSI carries LED’s that can signal in Morse Code

Watch Building the Onboard Computer (OBC)

OSSI Art CubeSat to Launch in August http://www.uk.amsat.org/6993

Funds have been raised by selling T-shirts