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   ARLS002 More CubeSats Expected to Deploy from ISS This Week   
      
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   Space Bulletin 002  ARLS002   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington, CT  February 24, 2014   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLS002 More CubeSats Expected to Deploy from ISS This Week   
      
   Another batch of CubeSats is set for deployment February 25 from the   
   International Space Station, but no Amateur Radio satellites are   
   expected to be among them. They may be put into orbit later in the   
   week, however. According to NASA, astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA,   
   last week prepared the second batch of NanoRacks CubeSats for   
   deployment.   
      
   "Wakata opened the inner hatch to the airlock and replaced the empty   
   deployers on the Multipurpose Experiment Platform with loaded   
   deployers," NASA reported. "The platform and its deployers will be   
   passed outside through the airlock to the Exposed Facility, where   
   Kibo's robotic arm can grapple the platform and position the   
   nanosatellites for launch." NanoRacks provides CubeSat deployment   
   services through an agreement with NASA.   
      
   It's anticipated that a dozen commercial Planet Labs CubeSats will   
   be released into orbit on February 25. Four Amateur Radio CubeSats -   
   LituanicaSat-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2, and UAPSat-1, along with the   
   915 MHz SkyCube - may be deployed February 28. CubeSats deployments   
   are streamed live at, http://m.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream .   
      
   AMSAT-UK has reported that it's unclear whether another Amateur   
   Radio CubeSat, the Peruvian Chasqui 1, which was sent to the ISS on   
   February 5, also will be deployed on February 28.   
      
   Eight NanoRacks deployers are installed on the Multi-Purpose   
   Experiment Platform. Each deployer can hold up to six 1U (a unit =   
   10x10x10 centimeters) CubeSats or two 3U CubeSats. Two 3U CubeSats   
   (6U total) can be deployed every one to two orbits to prevent   
   collisions.   
      
   LituanicaSAT-1 carries an FM transponder: Uplink 145.950   
   MHz/Downlink 435.180 MHz. It also has an AX.25 transponder: Uplink   
   145.850 MHz/Downlink 437.550 MHz. The CW beacon is on 437.275 MHz.   
      
   LitSat-1 carries an SSB transponder: Uplink 435.180 MHz/Downlink   
   145.950 MHz, and an AX.25 packet transponder: Uplink 437.550   
   MHz/Downlink 145.850 MHz.   
      
   ArduSat-2 will transmit 9.6 MSK CCSDS data on a 437 MHz downlink.   
      
   UAPSAT will carry an AX.25 packet transponder: Uplink 145.980   
   MHz/Downlink 437.385 MHz.   
      
   Chasqui-1 will transmit AX.25 format data on 437.250 MHz.   
      
   AMSAT-UK has reported that, in addition to the CubeSat deployments   
   from the ISS, seven Japanese Amateur Radio satellites are scheduled   
   to launch February 27 at 1807 UTC.   
      
   The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) project   
   - the ARISS-EU "Ham Video" system - is tentatively set to begin the   
   commissioning process no sooner than the second weekend in March.   
   Ham radio-related activities aboard the ISS typically take a low   
   priority on the astronauts' work agenda.   
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