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<H1><FONT size=5>Ten new satellites in orbit; </FONT><FONT face=Verdana
size=4>six CubeSat to Amateur Radio frequencies.</FONT></H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Ten satellites reached orbit April 28 aboard an Indian
PSLV-C9 rocket launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. The primary
payloads were India's CARTOSAT-2A and IMS-1 satellites. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>In addition to the NLS-5 and RUBIN-8 satellites, the
rocket carried six CubeSat research satellites, all of which communicate using
Amateur Radio frequencies. All spacecraft deployed normally and appear to be
functional at this time.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The <STRONG>SEEDS</STRONG> satellite is designed and built
by students at Japan's Nihon University. When fully operational, SEEDS will
download telemetry in Morse code and 1200-baud FM AFSK packet radio at 437.485
MHz. The satellite also has Slow-Scan TV (SSTV) capability.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Several stations have reported receiving SEEDS CW
telemetry and the team would appreciate receiving more reports from amateurs at
their ground station Web page.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>AAUSAT-II</STRONG> is the creation of a student
team at Aalborg University in Denmark. It will downlink scientific telemetry at
437.425 MHz using 1200 or 9600-baud packet.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Can-X2</STRONG> is a product of students at the
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory
(UTIAS/SFL). Can-X2 will downlink telemetry at 437.478 MHz using 4 kbps GFSK,
but the downlink will be active only when the satellite is within range of the
Toronto ground station.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Compass-One</STRONG> was designed and built by
students at Aachen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. The satellite
features a Morse code telemetry beacon at 437.275 MHz. Compass-1 will also
provide a packet radio data downlink, which will include image data, at 437.405
MHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Cute 1.7</STRONG> + <STRONG>APDII</STRONG> is a
satellite created by students at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. This
satellite will not only provide telemetry, it will also offer a 9600-baud packet
store-and-forward message relay with an uplink at 1267.6 MHz and a downlink at
437.475 MHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Delfi-C3</STRONG> was designed and built by
students at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. It includes an
SSB/CW linear transponder. The satellite will be in telemetry-only mode for the
first three months of the mission, after which it will be switched to
transponder mode. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Delfi-C3 downlinks 1200-baud packet telemetry at 145.870
MHz. The linear transponder, when activated, will have an uplink passband from
435.530 to 435.570 MHz and a corresponding downlink passband from 145.880 to
145.920 MHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte: </FONT><A href="http://www.arrl.org/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Verdana>The American Radio Relay
League</FONT></A><BR></P></BODY></HTML>