[Open Source Satellite OSSI CubeSat Launch in April 2013]
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/msg96270.html
OSSI-1, the Open Source Satellite Initiative satellite, developed by
Hojun Song DS1SBO, is planned to launch in the 2nd quarter of 2013
into a 575 km 63° inclination orbit on a Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the
Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. The 1U cubesat is 100% based
on COTS components. The main payload, the Bion-M1 satellite, antici-
pates a planned launch on 30 April, 2013.
Reports say OSSI-1 will have a beacon in the 145 MHz band, a data
communications transceiver in the 435 MHz band although actual ope-
rating frequencies have yet to be published. The data communications
transceiver is reported to be using an open protocol, details have
not been released yet.
OSSI-1 also carries a 44 watt LED optical beacon to flash Morse Code
messages to observers on Earth.
The development of the satellite has been documented on the Open
Source Satellite Initiative Blog http://opensat.cc/blog/ and the
Wiki http://opensat.cc/wiki/
Other cubesats on this launch will include:
+ SOMP ----- downlink on 437.485 MHz including CW, 1k2 and 9k6 BPSK,
AX25 FSK, and AO40 standard 400bit/s BPSK.
+ BEESAT 2 - 4k8 GMSK on 435.950 MHz
+ BEESAT 3 - 4k8 GMSK on 435.950 MHz
+ Dove-2 --- Commercial technology demonstration mission.
+ Bion-M1 -- Research satellite collaboration between NASA and the
Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems. The mission
will launch an unmanned automated spacecraft carrying
a biological payload into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
The rodents on the Bion-M1 spacecraft will be exposed
to spaceflight conditions for approximately one month.
AMSAT-UK published photos and additional news at:
http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12231
OSSI-1, Open Source Satellite Initiative 1
Nation: South Korea
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: OSSI
Equipment: Transceiver, LED-array
Configuration: CubeSat (1U)
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Mass: 1 kg
Orbit: 290 km × 575 km, 64.9 deg
The 950 g satellite has a beacon in the 145 MHz band and a data
communications transceiver in the 435 MHz band. This innovative
satellite carries a 44 watt LED array to flash Morse Code messages
to observers on Earth. Radio hams can reserve messages by sending
signals to the satellite then observers can see the messages at
the scheduled time in a flashing Morse Code LED pattern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUOL0zSY6cg
SOMP, Student's Oxygen Measurement Project
Nation: Germany
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: DresdenTechnische University
Configuration: CubeSat (1U)
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Mass: 1 kg
http://www.tudag.de/
BEESAT-2/3, Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite
Nation: Germany
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: TU Berlin
Configuration: CubeSat (1U)
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Mass: 1 kg
http://www.raumfahrttechnik.tu-berlin.de/beesat/
Dove-1/2
Nation: USA
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: Cosmogia Inc.
Configuration: CubeSat (3U)
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime: ~14 days (#1); ~180 days (#2)
Mass: 5.5 kg
Orbit: 280 km x 270 km, 51.6 deg (#1); 290 km x 575 km, 64.9 deg (#2)
The Dove-1 mission is a technology demonstration nanosatellite based
on the triple CubeSat form factor:
The goal of the mission is:
* build a low-cost imaging satellite with non-space, COTS components;
* to show that a bus constrained to the 3U cubesat form factor can
viably host a small camera payload; and
* demonstrate the ability to design, produce and operate satellites
on short schedules and low cost.
Dove-1 will do this by transmitting health and image data to the ground.
The satellite will be launchd as a secondary payload on the maiden
flight of the Antares-110 launch vehicle in 2013.
The Dove-2 mission is also an internal company technology demonstration
experiment to test the capabilities of a low-cost spacecraft constrained
to the 3U cubesat form factor to host a small payload. It will be
launched in 2013 as a piggyback payload on a Soyuz-2-1b launch.
Bion-M1
Nation: Russia
Type / Application: Life Science
Configuration: Yantar Bus
Power: 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
Bion-M is the next generation of russian biological research satellites.
While retaining the Vostok/Zenit-derived reentry module of the earlier
Bion, the propulsion module has been replace by a Yantar type module,
which provides maneuvering capabilities and longer mission support.
The mission duration has been increased to up to 6 months by using solar
cells for energy generation. The weight of scientific equipment has been
increased by 100 kilograms.