HORYU-4, ChubuSat-2/3

ASTRO-H / HORYU-4, ChubuSat-2/3


(C)JAXA

On 17 Feb 2016, the amateur satallite HORYU-4 and Chubesat-2/3 will be launched with
ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite of JAXA from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan.


HORYU-4 Kyushu Institute of Technology

  1. Central frequency 437.375MHz (bandwidth: 500Hz) - CW beacon at 20wpm.
  2. Central frequency 437.375MHz (bandwidth: 26kHz) - GMSK, FM data backup
     (FM data are missions data and OTHK), 9600bps.
  3. Central frequency 437.375MHz (bandwidth: 16kHz) - AFSK, FM data
     (FM data are RTHK and backup for mission data and OTHK), 1200bps.
  4. Central frequency 437.375MHz (bandwidth: 16kHz) - F3E, digi-singer mission data.
  5. Central frequency 2400.3MHz (bandwidth: 400kHz) - BPSK, main FM data
     (FM data are missions data and OTHK), 100kbps
  http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/horyu4WEB/horyu4.html


ChubuSat-2 Nagoya University

  Uplink   145.815MHz, AX25/KISS with 1k2 AFSK
  Downlink 437.100MHz, 9k6 GMSK CW
  http://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/chubusat_satellite2.html


ChubuSat-3 MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

  Uplink   145.840MHz, AX25/KISS with 1k2 AFSK
  Downlink 437.425MHz, 9k6 GMSK CW
  http://www.frontier.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/chubusat/chubusat_satellite3.html


Launch Overview

Extract (C)JAXA
  http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2015/12/files/20151211_h2af30.pdf

 


Launch Date: 17 Feb 2016
Launch Time: 08:45-09:30 UTC
Launch Site: JAXA Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Satellite   Uplink   Downlink          Beacon   Mode                         Callsign
----------  -------  ----------------  -------  ---------------------------  --------
HORYU-4        .     437.375/2400.300  437.375  1k2 AFSK,9k6 GMSK,S_BPSK,CW  JG6YBW  
ChubuSat-2  145.815  437.100           437.100  1k2 AFSK,9k6 GMSK,CW         JJ2YPN  
ChubuSat-3  145.840  437.425           437.425  1k2 AFSK,9k6 GMSK,CW         JJ2YPO  
----------  -------  ----------------  -------  ---------------------------  --------

ChubuSat-2
1 99999U 99999    16048.38029596  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00004
2 99999 031.0049 316.5240 0015871 289.3826 223.5942 14.99199090007134
ChubuSat-3
1 99999U 99999    16048.38376818  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00006
2 99999 031.0074 316.5014 0016462 295.7523 235.9944 14.99608279007136


[Reference]
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2015/12/20151211_h2af30.html
http://aerospacebiz.jaxa.jp/jp/topics/2014/topics140827.html
http://aerospacebiz.jaxa.jp/jp/topics/data/140827.pdf
http://astro-h.isas.jaxa.jp/en/
http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/astro_h/index.html
http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/pr/brochure/pdf/04/sat31.pdf
http://www.isa.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/astro-h/index.shtml