UNITEC-1 video

A video of the UNITEC-1 satellite which will travel towards Venus carrying an Amateur Radio 5840.0 MHz telemetry beacon is now available.

Three of the CubeSats being launched by the H-IIA rocket on May 20 will be dropped off into a low earth orbit but UNITEC-1 will continue following the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" on its journey to Venus.

The UNITEC-1 movie (C)Aichi University of Technology, Kawaju Gifu Engineering Co.,Ltd shows an artists impression of UNITEC-1 traveling behind the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" and it can be seen at
http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/files/movie/UNITEC-1_20090817.wmv

There is a video on YouTube about the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (PLANET-C)

PLANET-C overview (C)JAXA
http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/planet_c/index_e.html

UNITEC-1 overview (C)UNISEC
http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/top.html

Thanks to Mineo Wakita JE9PEL for posting these links to the AMSAT bulletin board
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/unitec-1.htm

Four Japanese CubeSats to launch in May
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/
japanese_cubesats_launch_in_may.htm

A fully detailed description of the UNITEC-1 satellite, its capabilities and data structure will be appearing in Oscar News No 188 which is being posted to members of AMSAT-UK this week.

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