CubeSats with Amateur Radio payloads deploy from ISS

MinXSS-1 and CADRE CubeSats deployed by Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS on May 5, 2016

Monday, May 16, 2016 saw the deployment of five CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads.

STM students building antenna to receive data from STMSat-1 - Credit Saint Thomas More Cathedral School

STM students building antenna to receive signal from STMSat-1 – Credit Saint Thomas More Cathedral School

UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS deployed the first two satellites MinXSS-1 and CADRE from the Japanese ISS Kibo module at 1005 UT. The Slow Scan Television (SSTV) satellite STMSat-1, built by Elementary students at Saint Thomas More Cathedral School (STM), was deployed along with the pair of NODES CubeSats built by students at Santa Clara University at 1440 UT.

STM is thought to be the first Elementary school to build their own satellite, even Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade students were involved in the project. It is designed to transmit a Robot36 SSTV signal.

UPDATE May 18: STMSat-1 Twitter feed suggests listening 437.000 MHz FM.

UPDATE May 20: STMSat-1 Twitter feed suggests listening 437.800 MHz FM.

CubeSat Frequency Chart – Credit Mike Rupprecht DK3WN

IARU Coordinated Frequencies:
http://amsat.org.uk/iaru
• STMSat-1 437.800 MHz FM SSTV Robot36
• MinXSS-1 437.345 MHz 9600 bps FSK
• CADRE 437.485 MHz 9600 bps FSK and 3.404 GHz
• NODES 437.100 MHz 1200 bps AX.25 and 2401.2-2431.2 MHz 115.2 kbps spread spectrum FSK

Watch NASA video on the First Elementary School Built CubeSat