ARLA/CLUSTER: 3 CubeSats lançados pela Índia com sucesso

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ham radio CubeSat launch success

Three CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully
launched on January 12 at 0358 UT on an Indian ISRO PSLV rocket. In
total 31 satellites were deployed on this launch

Two of the CubeSats, Fox-1D and PicSat, carry amateur radio FM
transponders while CNUSail-1 has a telemetry downlink on 437.100 MHz.

CNUSail-1 was built by students at the Chungnam National University in
Korea. The students have requested the help of radio amateurs in
receiving the beacon, further information is available at
https://sites.google.com/view/cnuusg

Shankar A65CR/VU2SWG reported coping the Fox-1D satellite voice beacon
on the morning pass at 30 deg elevation in Dubai using a TH-F7 with
standard rubber duck. YL voice with satellite identifier. Very short
burst with fluctuating carrier.

Madhu A65DE also copied Fox-1D from Fujairah, North of Dubai.

AMSAT North America has issued a statement formally designating Fox-1D as AO-92:

Fox-1D, a 1U CubeSat, is the third of AMSAT’s five Fox-1 CubeSats to
reach orbit, being preceded by AO-85 (Fox-1A) and AO-91 (RadFxSat /
Fox-1B). Fox-1D carries the Fox-1 U/v FM transponder, with an uplink
of 435.350 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink of 145.880 MHz. In
addition, Fox-1D carries several university experiments, including a
MEMS gyro from Pennsylvania State University – Erie, a camera from
Virginia Tech, and the University of Iowa’s HERCI (High Energy
Radiation CubeSat Instrument) radiation mapping experiment. Fox-1D
also carries the AMSAT L-Band Downshifter experiment which enables the
FM transponder to be switched to utilize an uplink of 1267.350 MHz
(67.0 Hz CTCSS).

Fox-1D was sent aloft as a secondary payload on the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-XL rocket as part of the PSLV-C40
mission. Fox-1D was one of thirty-one satellites successfully deployed
on this launch.

Since Fox-1D has met all of the qualifications necessary to receive an
OSCAR number, I, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT President,
do hereby confer on this satellite the designation AMSAT-OSCAR 92 or
AO-92. I join amateur radio operators in the U.S. and around the world
in wishing AO-92 a long and successful life in both its amateur and
scientific missions.

I, along with the rest of the amateur community, congratulate all of
the volunteers who worked so diligently to construct, test and prepare
for launch the newest amateur radio satellite.

William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO
AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator

Further information on the Fox-1D launch, deployment and designation at
https://www.amsat.org/fox-1d-launched-designated-amsat-oscar-92/

Information on PicSat is available via
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/01/10/picsat/