QRZ Callsign Search Page last updated on: Friday, October 2, 2015 Ham radio CubeSats set to deploy Monday The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that two Danish amateur radio CubeSats should be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5



Originally launched to the ISS on August 19, 2015 the two CubeSats, AAUSat-5 and GomX-3, will be deployed from the ISS Japanese Kibo module airlock. An astronaut will manipulate the Kibo robotic arm to lift AAUSAT-5 from the airlock and place it in orbit.



Once deployed from the ISS the CubeSat will begin transmitting signals to Earth that can be picked up by anyone with common amateur radio equipment. The frequencies to listen on are:



AAUSat-5 - 437.425 MHz with 30 WPM CW beacon every 3 minutes and 9600 bps GMSK packet every 30 seconds

GomX-3 - 437.250 MHz with 1200-9600 bps GMSK data using CSP protocol



In addition to the amateur radio payloads new radio technology being demonstrated by GomX-3 will support the tracking of civil aircraft and measuring telecom satellite signal quality. AAUSat-5 will demonstrate the tracking of ships on the open sea.



ESA CubeSats set for Monday Release (with video)

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/

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ESA invites radio amateurs to listen for AAUSat-5 CubeSat

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