SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS005   
   ARLS005 Space Station Deploys Five CubeSats   
      
   ZCZC AS05     
   QST de W1AW     
   Space Bulletin 005  ARLS005   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington, CT  October 5, 2012   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPACE ARL ARLS005   
   ARLS005 Space Station Deploys Five CubeSats   
      
   Five research CubeSats - all with Amateur Radio communication   
   systems - were successfully deployed from the International Space   
   Station beginning around 1430 UTC today. The satellites were   
   launched from the Kibo station module using a specially equipped   
   robotic arm.   
      
   The group includes:   
      
   TechEdSat, a collaboration among NASA's Ames Research Center; San   
   Jose State University; the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) and   
   the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will be sending AX.25   
   packet telemetry at 437.465 MHz. The TechEdSat team is asking for   
   assistance from amateurs in decoding and relaying data. Follow the   
   mission on their Twitter page at, http://twitter.com/TechEdSat.   
   More information about decoding and submitting packet data is   
   available on their website.   
      
   FITSAT-1, designed and built at the Fukuoka Institute of Technology,   
   Japan, will test the feasibility of high-speed microwave data   
   downlinks in low Earth orbit. It will transmit telemetry on 437.445   
   MHz and 5.84 GHz. They welcome signal reports from amateurs at their   
   website at, http://turing.cs.fit.ac.jp/~fitsat/.   
      
   WE WISH, from the Meisei Electric Company Radio Club, Japan, will   
   send CW telemetry and occasional SSTV images at 437.505 MHz.   
      
   RAIKO, designed and built by students at Wakayama University, Japan,   
   will transmit high-speed data at 2.2 and 13 GHz.   
      
   F-1, built by students at FPT University in Hanoi, Vietnam will send   
   telemetry at 145.980 and 437.485 MHz using 1200-baud packet and CW.   
   Amateurs are asked to monitor and submit reports. More information   
   can be found at, http://fspace.edu.vn/?page_id=27.   
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