Launch of Japanese amateur radio satellites

ARTSAT students at the Tama Art University

The ARTSAT INVADER CubeSat, callsign JQ1ZKK, and six other amateur radio satellites were on the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 23 (H-IIA F23) along with the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core observatory satellite.

The launch took place from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 1837 UT.

The satellites will be placed into a 407 km orbit with an inclination of 65 degrees. A launch countdown clock and the Preliminary Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’ for INVADER are at http://artsat.jp/en/

JAXA H-IIA F23 Launch Frequency Chart by Mike Rupprecht DK3WN

JAXA H-IIA F23 Launch February 27, 2014 at1837 UT Credit NASA/Bill Ingalls

Downlink frequencies in MHz all +/- 10 kHz Doppler shift:
STARS-II (Mother) – 437.405 FM AX.25 1200 bps, 437.245 CW
STARS-II (Daughter) – 437.425 FM AX.25 1200 bps, 437.255 CW
ShindaiSat – 437.525 FM AX.25 1200 bps, 437.305 CW (LED beacon)
TeikyoSat-3 – 437.450 FM AX.25 1200 bps, 437.450 CW (Slime Mold from Space)
OPUSAT – 437.150 FM AX.25 1200 bps, GMSK 9600 bps
ARTSAT1-INVADER – 437.200 FM Digitalker and AX.25 1200 bps, 437.325 CW
ITF-1 – 437.525 FM Morse code

Also on the same flight is:
KSAT2 S-band 200 kbps G1D telemetry, Ku-band, 1 Mbps G1D Image or beacon carrier. UHF 1 kbps is being used for the command uplink. It will send Messages of Encouragement from Space to Japan – Hand-written messages and heart warming pictures, especially from children responsible for the future.

Watch ARTSAT1:INVADER