CubeSatSim Lite Fully Assembled
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CubeSatSim Lite Fully Assembled

$150.00

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CubeSatSim™ Lite Fully Assembled

(a case is not included)

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$150 including shipping (to US mailing addresses only)

If you enter a non-United States address for shipping, we will refund the purchase and close the order

 

You may have seen the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator or CubeSatSim at Hamvention or at the AMSAT Space Symposium, or read about it in The AMSAT Journal or on social media with the hashtag #CubeSatSim.  This is a low-cost, fully assembled “Lite” version of the CubeSatSim known as the Lite.  While it doesn’t have solar panels, batteries, or sensors, the AMSAT CubeSatSim Lite does have a working transmitter that sends simulated (generated by software) telemetry in seven different modes.

For more information on the CubeSatSim Lite, see the Wiki page: https://github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeSatSim/wiki/CubeSatSim-Lite

There are a series of YouTube videos that introduce and explain how to operate the CubeSatSim Lite: https://cubesatsim.org/lite-videos

There is a pushbutton and two LEDs on the Lite board.  The pushbutton is used to change the telemetry mode or shutdown the CubeSatSim Lite.  The green LED is the Power LED which indicates that the CubeSatSim software is running.  The blue Transmit LED indicates that the CubeSatSim Lite is transmitting.

If you connect your CubeSatSim Lite to your network (the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W has WiFi) or your computer, you can log into it and customize it, and change modes and configurations.  For full information, see the README: https://cubesatsim.org/download/cubesatsim-lite-readme.pdf

If you want to build a full CubeSatSim, check out the AMSAT CubeSatSim PCB Set.

The AMSAT CubeSatSim Lite comes fully assembled and ready to start transmitting as soon as you plug in the included power plug into an outlet.

You can listen to the transmissions from the CubeSatSim Lite with any radio or scanner that receives in the amateur radio 70cm band at 434.9 MHz. To decode digital telemetry or pictures, you will need to use a SDR (Software Defined Radio) such as an RTL-SDR or FUNcube Dongle Pro+ (not included) and software such as FoxTelem, an APRS decoder, or a SSTV decoder (also not included).  A good option is to use a Raspberry Pi single board computer with the Fox-in-a-Box Beta Version 4 image, which can be downloaded for free here or on a Fox-in-a-Box Raspberry Pi SD Card.

Your CubeSatSim Lite comes fully assembled and ready to transmit.

This item contains:

  • AMSAT CubeSatSim Lite v2 board (blue board on the top)
  • Raspberry Pi Zero 2W (green board on the bottom) is included!
  • 16 GB micro SD card installed in the Pi with the open source CubeSatSim software installed which generates simulated telemetry data.
  • Four brass standoffs which secure the Lite board to the Pi.
  • Pi Camera and ribbon cable to Pi Zero 2W.
  • Two SMA antennas.
  • USB soundcard for Command and Control (C2C) connected to Pi Zero 2W with an OTG cable and an audio jumper cable.
  • Micro USB cable and power plug to power the Lite.

A case is not included.

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