Amateur Radio heads for Venus

Mineo Wakita JE9PEL provides an update on the launch of an Amateur Radio satellite that will head towards Venus on May 17 carrying a beacon on 5840.0 MHz.

On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes:

Four CubeSats in Japan are planning to launch on 17 May 2010 together with PLANET-C which belongs to JAXA by
H-IIA rocket.

Launch date, 17 May 2010
Launch time, 21:44:14UTC
Launch site, Tanegashima Space Center in Japan

Three of the CubeSats, Negai*", WASEDA-SAT2, KSAT, being launched by the H-IIA rocket on May 17 will be dropped off into a low earth orbit but UNITEC-1 will continue following the JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter PLANET-C / AKATSUKI on its journey to Venus.

For more information,
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/03/20100303_h2af17_e.html
http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/unitec-1.htm

JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

UNITEC-1 Video
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/
unitec_1_video.htm

Unitec-1 IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination information
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/
finished_detail.asp?serial=141

Details of the other CubeSats at
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 appears in the latest issue of the AMAT-UK newsletter Oscar News.
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