Mar 1 2013

Ion Propulsion: Euroluna Update on CubeSat HT Power Supply

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Romit1 – Image Credit GomSpace ApS

In this video Palle Haastrup OZ1HIA, President of Euroluna (OZ9LUNA), describes their work towards a flight ready high tension power supply for the CubeSat Ion propulsion system.

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 CubeSat Romit-1 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 its orbit from 310 km to 700 km. It is planned to launch on an Interorbital Systems Neptune 30 rocket.

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By m5aka Posted in Daily Updates Tagged Amateur Radio, CubeSat, Euroluna, Google Lunar X-Prize, Ham Radio, Ion Motor, Romit1
Mar 1 2013

UKSEDS National Student Space Conference 2013 Pictures

spacer Jim Heck G3WGM, Honorary Secretary of AMSAT-UK and project lead on the FUNcube amateur radio satellite project, gave a presentation on FUNcube-1 to the UKSEDS National Student Space Conference (NSSC) that took place in Bristol on February 23-24.

The Chair of UKSEDS, Damian Rumble, has released some pictures of the conference at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.432122870198839.1073741825.347105152033945&type=1

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By m5aka Posted in Daily Updates Tagged Amateur Radio, FUNcube, Ham Radio, UKSEDS
Mar 1 2013

Tiny Satellites’ Big Mission: Going Beyond Earth Orbit

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Artist’s concept of the Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) CubeSat project – Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

TechNewsDaily contributor Rachel Kaufman interviewed James Cutler KF6RFX about two CubeSats that aim to travel into interplanetary space.

The two Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) satellites measure just 10x10x30 cm and each weigh under 4kg.

The dual INSPIRE CubeSats will demonstrate functionality, communication, navigation and payload hosting in interplanetary space. INSPIRE is a NASA JPL partnership with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; and the University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope.

Read Rachel Kaufman’s article at
www.space.com/20022-tiny-cubesat-satellites-head-for-space.html

NASA Announces New CubeSat Space Mission Candidates
www.nasa.gov/centers/jpl/news/cubesat20130226.html

2012 – NanoTHOR: Low-Cost Launch of Nanosatellites to Deep Space
www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2012_phase_I_fellows_hoyt.html

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By m5aka Posted in Daily Updates Tagged Amateur Radio, CubeSats, Ham Radio, Interplanetary, Nanosats, Space
Feb 28 2013

IARU Announces Frequencies for Korean Ham Radio CubeSat OSSI

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Hojun Song DS1SBO and the NovaNano FlyMate deployer

The IARU amateur radio satellite frequency coordination panel has announced the frequencies for the OSSI-1 CubeSat developed by Hojun Song DS1SBO.

Artist and radio amateur Hojun Song DS1SBO has spent 7 years developing his Open Source Satellite Initiative satellite OSSI-1. He has designed and developed it from scratch using readily available components rather than expensive space qualified hardware. It has a beacon in the 145 MHz band, a data communications transceiver in the 435 MHz band and carries a 44 watt LED optical beacon to flash Morse Code messages to observers on Earth.

OSSI-1 is planned to launch on April 19, 2013 into a 575 km 64.9° inclination orbit on a Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan along with the Bion-M1, SOMP, BEESAT 2, BEESAT 3 and Dove-2 satellites.

The IARU amateur satellite frequency coordination panel has announced frequencies for a downlink on 145.980 MHz and an uplink/downlink on 437.525 MHz.

Video – How the Amateur Radio Satellite OSSI-1 Works
amsat-uk.org/2012/08/10/video-how-the-amateur-radio-ossi-1-satellite-works/

Watch the BBC TV report: Korean artist has high hopes for his homemade satellite
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19007475

OSSI CubeSat in New Scientist Magazine
amsat-uk.org/2012/11/06/ossi-cubesat-in-new-scientist-magazine/

Hojun Song DS1SBO visited London to give a well received presentation on his CubeSat to WIRED 2012
amsat-uk.org/2012/10/24/cubesat-developer-hojun-song-to-attend-wired-2012-london/

Data Format for Korean OSSI CubeSat
amsat-uk.org/2013/01/23/data-format-for-korean-ossi-cubesat/

Open Source Satellite Initiative (OSSI) opensat.cc/

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