ARLA/CLUSTER: Novos CubeSats construídos na Dinamarca e outros estão a caminho da ISS

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Danish CubeSats head for ISS

Two CubeSats built in Denmark, GomX-3 and AAUSat-5, are on their way to the
International Space Station.

Japan’s fifth H-II Transfer Vehicle blasted off from Tanegashima Space
Center on Wednesday, August 19 at 1150 UT. The HTV-5 is expected to arrive
at the ISS on August 24 and the CubeSats will be unloaded for later
deployment.

The 3 Unit CubeSat GomX-3 is part of the outreach programme for the visit
of the Danish astronaut, *Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ*@Astro_Andreas
<https://twitter.com/Astro_Andreas>, to the ISS. The project is supported
and coordinated with ESA and the Danish Ministry of Science and Education.

A number of outreach activities are being planned that will involve
schools, radio amateur societies and social media both during the astronaut
mission and continuing with the CubeSat mission. The IARU have coordinated
437.250 MHz for the 1k2-9k6 bps beacon.
Danish Astronaut Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ and Murray Niman G6JYB

AAUsat-5 is a 1 Unit CubeSat built by students at Aalborg University. The
primary mission is to test an improved receiver for detecting Automatic
Identification System signals emitted by ships.
Down on the ground, these signals are short-range, operating mainly on a
ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship basis, leaving large spans of the world’s
oceans uncovered. But signals also travel up to orbital altitude, opening
up the prospect of worldwide monitoring. The IARU have coordinated 437.425
MHz for the GMSK beacon.

It is planned the CubeSats will be deployed by Andreas KG5GCZ after his
arrival at the ISS in September. Once deployed the two spacecraft may have
a lifetime of around 6-9 months before they burn up in the Earth’s
atmosphere.

Andreas attended the 2009 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in
Guildford.

Andreas Mogensen KG5GCZ
http://andreasmogensen.esa.int/

IARU coordinated satellite frequencies information is at
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished.php

Related ESA stories:
http://www.esa.int/Education/
Student_satellite_wins_green_light_for_Station_deployment

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/
Technology_CubeSat_hitch-hiker_on_today_s_HTV_launch
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