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ESA CubeSats update

ESA - European Space Agency is standing by CubeSats for the launch on 13 Feb 2012.
This page is the followup of 'ESA selected 9 CubeSats'.
The launch of nine next satellites was planned at first.

AtmoCube     University of Trieste, Italy
e-st@r       Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Goliat       University of Bucharest, Romania
OUFTI-1      University of Liege, Belgium
PW-Sat1      Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Robusta      University of Montpellier 2, France
SwissCube-2  Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
UNICubeSAT   University of Rome, Italy
XaTcobeo     University of Vigo and INTA, Spain


On 23 Dec 2011,
The ESA Cubs have been developed by more than 250 university students from six different
countries over the last 4 years. Each CubeSats carries its own scientific or technology
demonstration payload. The 7 CubeSats to be launched on Vega in early Feb 2012 comprise.
A seventh CubeSat(ALMASat-1) is planned to be delivered, installed in a third P-POD and
tested during the next two weeks.





Xatcobeo (University of Vigo and INTA, Spain)
  a mission to demonstrate software-defined radio and solar panel deployment
Robusta  (University of Montpellier 2, France)
  a mission to test and evaluate radiation effects (low dose rate) on bipolar
  transistor electronic components
e-st@r (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
  demonstration of an active 3-axis Attitude Determination and Control system
  including an inertial measurement unit
Goliat (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  imaging of the Earth surface using a digital camera and in-situ measurement
  of radiation dose and micrometeoroid flux
PW-Sat (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
  a mission to test a deployable atmospheric drag augmentation device for
  de-orbiting CubeSats
MaSat-1 (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
  a mission to demonstrate various spacecraft avionics, including a power
  conditioning system, transceiver and on-board data handling
UNICubeSAT (University of Rome, Italy)
  The UNICubeSat mission goal is the in situ measurement of the neutral
  atmospheric density, which is made possible by the low perigee altitude
  of the VEGA Maiden flight orbit.
ALMASat-1 (University of Bologna, Italy)
  The first ALMASat (ALma MAter SATellite) demonstration mission


http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Education/SEM3L0WWVUG_2.html
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/12/08/vega-to-launch-amateur-radio-satellites/
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/12/23/seven-student-cubesats-ready-for-flight/
http://www.zarya.info/Calendar.php


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XaTcobeo

Universidade de Vigo, Spain
437.365MHz FFSK AX.25
145.940MHz SSR
http://www.xatcobeo.com/cms/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUmLhA7ioE

XaTcobeo


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Robusta

Universite Montpellier 2, France
437.325MHz 1200bps FM telemetry with one data burst of 20 secs every 3 mins
http://tinyurl.com/montpellier2
http://www.ies.univ-montp2.fr/robusta/satellite/?lang=en
http://www.ies.univ-montp2.fr/robusta/satellite/IMG/pdf/EN_EA_2010.02.02-2.pdf
http://www.ies.univ-montp2.fr/robusta/satellite/IMG/pdf/EN_GN_2010.11._interface-anglaisV9.pdf
http://www.ies.univ-montp2.fr/robusta/satellite/IMG/pdf/Progress_Report_1_08.11.pdf

Robusta



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e-st@r

Politecnico di Torino, Italy
437.445MHz 1200bps AFSK
http://areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/E-STAR/
http://areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/E-STAR/Documents/Cubesats_development_at_Politecnico_di_Torino.pdf
http://areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/E-STAR/Documents/ESTAR_iWAT.pdf

e-st@r



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Goliat

University of Bucharest, Romania
437.485MHz 1200bps AFSK
http://www.unibuc.ro/en/
http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/SummerWorkshop2008/Sun/1%20University%20of%20Bucharest.pdf

Goliat



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PW-Sat1

Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Mode:
 - Receive only mode - no downlink
 - Beacon CW mode - Downlink On-Off Keying (OOK) CW (1kHz) 12WPM on 145.900MHz
 - Beacon BPSK mode - Downlink BPSK (3kHz) 1200bps AX25 (1 frame on 20 sec) on 145.900MHz
 - Control communication mode. Downlink BPSK (3kHz) 1200bps AX25 on 145.900MHz
 - Voice Repeater mode (aka "AO-16" mode) - Uplink   435.020MHz FM (15kHz)
                                            Downlink 145.900MHz DSB (3kHz)
http://eng.pw.edu.pl/
http://tinyurl.com/CubeSatPW-Sat
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/10/21/pw-sat-to-launch-in-january/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74u7Nqxpkk0

PW-Sat1



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MaSat-1

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
437.345MHz GFSK 625/1250 bps, CW
http://cubesat.bme.hu/?lang=en
http://www.ha5mrc.hu/events/mrcday09/a_masat_1_radioamator_vonatkozasai_ha7wen.pdf

MaSat-1



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UNICubeSAT

University of Rome, Italy
437.305MHz 9600bps FSK
http://www.gaussteam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=145
http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/DevelopersWorkshop2009/2_Science/3_Santonio-UNICubeSat.pdf

UNICubeSAT



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ALMASat-1

University of Bologna, Italy
437.465MHz 1200bps FSK and 2407.850MHz
http://www.almasat.unibo.it/02_projects/almasat-1/almasat1.htm
http://media.dlr.de:8080/erez4/erez?cmd=get&src=os/IAA/archiv8/Presentations/IAA-B8-1103-1.pdf

ALMASat-1




The satellites below are not launched for various reasons this time.

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SwissCube-2

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
The SwissCube-2 project has been cancelled - it will not fly.
437.505MHz CW
http://swisscube.epfl.ch/

SwissCube-2



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AtmoCube

University of Trieste, Italy
437.225MHz 9600bps FSK
http://wwwusers.ts.infn.it/~gregorio/AtmoCube/AtmoCube_proposal.pdf
http://www2.units.it/atmocube/theses/assetto_Ciani.pdf

AtmoCube



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OUFTI-1

University of Liege, Belgium
OUFTI-1 = D-STAR Repeater in space
Uplink 145MHz / downlink 435.015 and 435.045MHz
DV mode only (GMSK / 4800bps)
Dual adaptive on-board Doppler compensation
Up to 10 minutes of continuous D-STAR communication time
Slots for custom compensation to be requested on our website
http://www.bxe.uba.be/oufti.pdf
http://www.ltas-s3l.ulg.ac.be/cmsms/uploads/08-09_Beukelaers.pdf

OUFTI-1



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ESA CubeSats IRC
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/esa9cubg.htm