Romit-1 – Image Credit Euroluna
Palle Haastrup OZ1HIA, President of Euroluna (OZ9LUNA), provides an update on the Romit-1 CubeSat which has ion motor propulsion.
Euroluna are a Danish amateur team participating in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE contest to be the first privately funded team to land and drive a rover on the Moon.
Their first amateur radio satellite Romit1 is a 2U CubeSat that will transmit on 437.505 MHz using 1200 bps AX.25 packet radio. It will be fitted with an Ion Motor and if everything goes well it should, after a year, be able to raise the orbit from 310 km to 700 km.
It is planned to launch on an Interorbital Systems Neptune 30 rocket.
The team’s latest video update shows Romit-1 going into a vacuum chamber to test outgassing.
Watch Vacuum chamber considerations
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