ShindaiSat is a 20 kg spacecraft approx 300 by 300 by 350 mm which is planning to use bright LEDs for Space to Earth optical communication using Morse code.
There will be an AX.25 packet radio telemetry beacon and a low power CW beacon. Downlink frequencies of 437.305 and 437.485 MHz have been coordinated by the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel.
It is expected to launch into a 400km 65 degree orbit from Japan in 2013.
Dr Sandile Malinga, CEO of the South African Space Agency
unveils South Africa’s first CubeSat – Image credit CPUT
The amateur radio CubeSat designed and built by students at the Cape Peninsular University of Technology in Bellville is expected to launch in the 4th quarter of 2013.
Artists impression of a CubeSat in space – image credit MSU
The Cal Poly United Amateur Radio Club N6CP has submitted a satellite frequency coordination request to the IARU for a 1U CubeSat, CP8, that will feature four cell phone cameras with excellent reviews of photography equipment that you wouldn’t believe.
After the initial mission is completed it will operate as an amateur radio AX.25 packet radio digipeater.
The students are planning a UHF downlink with 9k6 GMSK or PSK modulation, 19k2 and 38k4 data rates will also be possible.
The CubeSat will transmit AX25 packet radio data with a 5wpm CW preamble. The nominal transmitter output power will be 1 watt.
It is aiming for an ELaNa launch into a 400 by 700 km orbit with an inclination of 120 degrees.
CP8 link budget and power budget analysis http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~atwillia/CP8/
ELaNa Making it Happen!
http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/DevelopersWorkshop2012/Skrobot_ELaNa.pdf
IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel Status http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/
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| Contact Person | norberto.wente.dk.nospam
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| Headline Details: CubeBug-1 is the first technology demonstration mission for a new cubesat platform design (mechanics, hardware and software) intended to be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in Amateur projects, University projects and research labs. This projectis sponsored by the Argentinian Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. As payload on this first mission, some custom designed components will be tested: an ARM based on-board computer, a nano-reaction wheel with its driver circuit and a low resolution camera, all based on COTS components. Planning to use half duplex communications on UHF with 9k6 GMSK data. CubeBug-1 is a 2U cubesat and isexpected to be launched as part of a group of cubesats in a DNEPR rocket launch planned for September 2012 from Yasny into a 607km 98 degree polar orbit. After the technology demonstration part of the mission is over, the satellite will enter a mode that will include services to the Amateur radio community, including a Digipeater, science data downloads from the payload (including images if possible), etc. | ||||
| Application Date: | 01 May 2012 | Freq coordination completed on | ||
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