F-1 CubeSat engineering model video

On December 31, the engineering model of the Vietnamese Amateur Radio satellite, F-1, was completed and a time-lapse video of the assembly is now available.

The YouTube description says:

On the last day of 2010, the group finished assembling FSpace engineering model (Model Engineering) of F-1 satellite, thank you for your interest and support for the project, hoping that in 2011 we will have more happy news.

Watch 20101231 - Assembling F-1 cubesat

The F-1 CubeSat will carry 2 independent transceivers (Yaesu VX-3R & MHX L400) using amateur radio 145 and 437MHz bands. The transmission speed will be 1200bps and higher using FM AFSK & GMSK modulation, AX.25, KISS protocol. It will carry a low resolution C328 camera with 640x480 resolution.

The IARU satellite frequency coordination committee have agreed a downlink frequency of 437.485MHz and it is hoped to launch in the 4th quarter of 2011.

Vietnam F-1 CubeSat on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116436068290

F-1 on IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php
?serialnum=150

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