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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur radio satellite EQUiSat that has an optical beacon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>It will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth. The Radio Beacon is planned to operate in the 435-438 MHz band.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The goals are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Create a baseline design for future projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Open space technology to non-professionals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Demonstrate visibility as a new form of satellite tracking and communication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>They are aiming for a 2015 launch into an orbit of about 300 km which may give the satellite a life-time of a couple of months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Watch EQUiSat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JLVJl55Ue_U?rel=0">http://www.youtube.com/embed/JLVJl55Ue_U?rel=0</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem design<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://browncubesat.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/XFT-Documentation.pdf">http://browncubesat.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/XFT-Documentation.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Communications design and documentation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://browncubesat.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Comm-Report.pdf">http://browncubesat.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Comm-Report.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Brown University CubeSat http://browncubesat.org/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks to AMSAT-UK for spotting this item <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>