HADES-E2 (UNNE-1B)


As many of you may have noticed, UNNE-1B (HADES-E2) was ultimately not
included in the TR-17 mission. This was a last-minute decision by our
launch broker. It is now expected to fly on the SpaceX Transporter-18
mission in October.

Here is a brief summary of the mission:

UNNE-1B is a 1.5P PocketQube that uses the same satellite hardware and
software as the original UNNE-1 but will be launched on a SpaceX mission
instead of the originally planned RFA launch due to delays to the latter.

Like UNNE-1, the satellite will provide licensed radio amateurs worldwide
with an FM voice transponder and support for FSK-based digital modes. It
will also transmit telemetry reporting the satellite's status, a CW beacon,
and a prerecorded CODEC2 digital voice message. All these functions are
implemented using an SDR-based FM/FSK repeater.

The FM/FSK repeater will be continuously available and activated by carrier
squelch, with no access tone required.

As an educational payload, students from Universidad Nebrija (Spain) are
developing a small "guessing game." The satellite will transmit one clue
per week as part of its telemetry, and radio amateurs will have to collect
all the clues to solve the mystery. Details of the game will be published
on the AMSAT-EA and Universidad Nebrija websites, and all transmitted data
will be publicly available.

73,

Félix EA4GQS, (C)AMSAT-EA (29 Jul 2026)