Re[2]: [amsat-bb] Cute-1 frequencies

[Konoue Kazuya <konoue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

I'm Kazuya Konoue, CubeSat "CUTE-I" project team.

Our CUTE-I is still active.
The downlink frequencies are
 CW beacon:	436.8375 MHz (Always Active)
 FM Packet:	437.470 MHz  (Active over Japan)

CUTE-I starts downlinking packets when it receives 'Send Packet' command
from a ground station. And CUTE-I stops sending packets 
after a certain time, up to 25min. 
This is aimed at making sure to turn off the FM transmitter 
and thus saving energy in the battery. Currently only we command CUTE-I 
to send packets, so CUTE-I sends packets just in Japan footprint.
Under the license given to us, only our station is permitted to 
send commands to operate CUTE-I. 
Therefore FM packets is active only over Japan.

Details of CUTE-I is shown at following website.
 http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cubesat/index_e.html

Sincerely,
Kazuya

On Sun, 23 May 2004 17:13:58 -0500
"JoAnne Maenpaa" <wb9jej@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi Freeman,
> 
> You inquired ...
> > Can anyone point me to CUTE-1's up and down frequencies?
> 
> I'm not sure CUTE-1 was in general amateur service.  Here is a table I
> assembled from on-line reports when that swarm of microsats was launched
> last summer.  It has the CUTE-1 info that was published back then ...
> perhaps its a starting point in your research?
> 
> http://home.earthlink.net/~maenpaa/cubesat_table.pdf
> 
> Not sure how much has changed in the cubesat's status since last summer.
> 
> --
> 73 de JoAnne WB9JEJ
> 
> 
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  Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS)
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  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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