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Subj: UKâ€Ös SaxaVord Spaceport to Launch Amateur Radio Satellite
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UKâ€Ös SaxaVord Spaceport to Launch Amateur Radio Satellites
Two more amateur radio satellites, MARIA-G (HADES-F) and UNNE-1 (HADES-E),
are planned to launch from the UKâ€Ös SaxaVord Spaceport later in 2024.
Previously announced amateur radio payloads on the launch are:
ERMINAZ-1U and -1V from AMSAT-DL
GENESIS-MA and -ME from AMSAT-EA
QUBIK 5, SIDLOC-PQ-1 and -PQ-2 from Libre Space Foundation
*MARIA-G*
A 1.5u Pocketqube. MARIA-G will offer radio amateurs around the world the
opportunity to relay FM voice and AX.25 / APRS 300 / 1200 bps
communications. The satellite will also transmit telemetry with its status
and voice and CW messages. This all will be achieved by implementing a SDR
based FM and FSK repeater. The FM / FSK repeater will be available all time
and opened by squelch level without the need of a PL tone/CTCSS.
Main mission for MARIA-G is to be a FM repeater but it will also include a
simple guess game being implemented by students at Maria Guerrero High
School in Collado Villalba – Madrid (Spain). The satellite will send a clue
each week in CW so radio amateurs will have to solve the mystery by having
all the clues.
A small experiment, developed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft research
organization (Germany) will also fly on the satellite to make proof of
concept transmissions of a TS-UNB waveform from a low Earth orbit. It will
transmit a TS-UNB message according to the ETSI standard ETSI-TS-103-357.
It is intended solely as a research and development project with no
commercial intent, all its data public and open. ITU modulation
classification would be 100K W2DWW but the bandwidth will be narrowed. The
operation of this experiment will be managed by AMSAT-EA.
*UNNE-1*
A 1.5u Pocketqube. UNNE-1 will offer radio amateurs around the world the
opportunity to relay FM voice and AX.25 / APRS 300 / 1200 bps
communications. The satellite will also transmit telemetry with its status
and voice and CW messages.
This all will be achieved by implementing a SDR based FM and FSK repeater.
The FM / FSK repeater will be available all time and opened by squelch
level without the need of a PL tone/CTCSS.
A small guessing-game is being implemented by students of Universidad de
Nebrija (Spain). The satellite will send a clue each week in its telemetry
so radio-amateurs will have to solve the mystery by having all the clues.
Game will be detailed in AMSAT-EA and Universidad de Nebrija websites.
The main mission for the satellite is acting as a FM voice repeater
although due to its SDR nature it can repeat data too. This satellite is
based on the hardware of HADES-D (SO-121) thatâ€Ös currently being used to
amateurs worldwide. The guess game implemented by the University is a small
challenge for the radio-amateurs and its mission is to make the reception
of signals from the satellite fun for youngsters, expecting them to be
future radio amateurs.
Proposing a UHF downlink, VHF Uplink for FM voice, FSK data up to 1200 bps,
APRS up to 1200 bps and FSK telemetry and experimental data up to 1600 bps
and CW.
These two satellites are part of the Erminaz mission, a joint effort by
AMSAT-DL, AMSAT-EA and Libre Space Foundation. Planning a DLR/ESA launch
from the UK SaxaVord Spaceport in Summer 2024 into 500/600 km polar orbit.
For more information see:
IARU satellite frequency coordination pages
https://iaru.amsat-uk.org/index.php
AMSAT-DL ERMINAZ https://amsat-dl.org/en/erminaz/
AMSAT-EA projects https://www.amsat-ea.org/proyectos/
Libre Space Foundation projects https://libre.space/projects/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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