More Amateur Radio CubeSats Released Into Orbit from ISS, Launched from Japan:

Several Amateur Radio CubeSats, including LituanicaSAT-1 https://www.facebook.com/Lituanicasat1 and Litsat-1 https://www.facebook.com/palydovas, have been deployed into orbitfrom the International Space Station. LithuanicaSAT-1 and LitSat-1 areLithuania's first satellites. NASA reported that the nanosatdeployments took place February 26, 27, and 28, as the onboardExpedition 38 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition38/ crew prepared for the arrival of a US commercial cargo craft and thedeparture of three crew members. The ISS crew also released ArduSat-2 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/575960623/ardusat-your-arduino-experiment-in-space (Arduino Satellite 2, an improved 2 unit version of the single-unitArduSat-1), UAPSat-1 http://www.uapsat.info/, and, possibly,Chasqui-1 http://www.chasqui.uni.edu.pe/eng.html, along with thenonamateur 915 MHz SkyCube. More CubeSats are scheduled to be deliveredto the station on the second Orbital Sciences commercial resupplymission in May; it's not known at this time if any Amateur Radiosatellites will be aboard.

Both Lithuanian CubeSats are functioning. A Brazilian station was amongthe first to report hearing Litsat-1's beacon on 145.850 MHz (call signLY1LS). LithanicaSAT-1's builders at Vilnius University have requestedreports for that CubeSat's FM beacon on 437.275 MHz (call sign LY5N)and submit http://www.kosmonautai.lt/en/data-submission/ dataincluding audio files online. Litsat-1 was developed by the LithuanianSpace Association.

In addition to this week's CubeSat deployments from the ISS, sevenJapanese Amateur Radio satellites launched http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/27/successful-launch-of-japanese-satellites/ successfully from Earth February 27. They include the ARTSAT: INVADER http://artsat.jp/en/invader/ CubeSat (call sign JQ1ZKK) and six otherAmateur Radio satellites. The ARTSAT: INVADER CubeSat team hasannounced that QSL cards will be available for reception reports. TheCW beacon is on 437.325 MHz. The satellite also has a digipeater (AX.251200 bps) and a digitalker.

The other Amateur Radio satellites are OPUSat http://www.sssrc.aero.osakafu-u.ac.jp/E_SSSRC_HP/projects/OPUSAT/home.html, STARS-II http://stars1.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/english/top.html (comprisesmother and daughter satellites), TelkyoSat-3 http://club.uccl.teikyo-u.ac.jp/%7Espace_system_society/teikyosat-3e.html, ITF-1 http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?lang=en, and ShindaiSat-1 http://www.shinshu-u.ac.jp/shindaisat/. The launch took place fromthe Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center. Downlinksignals have been received from all seven satellites. More information http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/23/launch-of-japanese-amateur-radio-satellites/ and frequencies for these satellites are on the AMSAT-UK website. Readmore http://www.arrl.org/news/more-amateur-radio-cubesats-released-into-orbit-from-iss-launched-from-japan.

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