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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.02
Fellow AMSAT members and enthusiasts,
I am writing today to notify you of an exciting new cubesat project
begun at the University of California, Irvine. Our mission: to launch a
nano satellite (dubbed UCISAT-1) with an on-board CMOS camera into LEO
by October 2005. This project began almost a year ago with a handful of
engineers, but has now grown to a group of 20 dedicated team members and
10 major sponsors, including Boeing and Parker Hannifin. When launched,
the satellite will transmit scheduled telemetry and imagery at 500 to
1000 mW back to our ground station on the UCI campus. Best of all, if
proper authorization is obtained, the satellite operating frequency will
be allocated in the UHF Amateur Radio Band! This will give amateur
operators the opportunity to experiment with a smaller satellite and
intercept imagery in a familiar band.
At this moment, the project is moving into its final stage of planning
and development before moving to sub-assembly of the actual satellite. A
ground station is already in place, and has been used in several
successful QSOs on AO-27 and AO-51 with my call, KF6RTB. Although this
is a good first step, there are still many more objectives and
challenges ahead, and we need your help! The AMSAT Bulletin Board is a
fantastic resource, and many of you have already provided us with
valuable information thus far. However, we still require additional
information and parts, and have a limited budget to work with. So, if
anyone has any useful electronics gear, software, or books lying around
and would like to donate to the project, please send a reply! I will
post a more specific list in the near future. All donors will be
recognized on our website, receive frequent status reports by email, and
(if located in the area) are welcome to our technical meetings as well
(Did I mention tax break??).
If there is enough interest, I can also post monthly progress reports
on the bulletin board to keep everyone up to speed.
For additional information, please visit our new website at
www.ucisat.net .
Thank you all for time and interest. See you on the Sats!
[ANS thanks Matt Bennett, KF6RTB for the above information]
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