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H-IIA rocket to launch four Cubesats

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

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/03/20100303_h2af17_e.html
http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html

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.

UNITEC-1, NPO UNISEC (University Space Engineering Consortium)
5.840GHz, travel into deep space towards Venus
http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/top.html

Negai*", Soka University
437.305MHz CW, Packet 1200bps FSK AX.25
http://kuro.t.soka.ac.jp/main.html

WASEDA-SAT2, Waseda University
437.485MHz CW(FM), PCM-FSK(FM) 9600bps
http://www.miyashita.mmech.waseda.ac.jp/Waseda-Sat2/
index.htm

KSAT, Kagoshima University
Uplink: S-band (2GHz, 10kbps), Downlink: Ku-band (13.275GHz, 10kbps/1Mbps)
http://www.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/~nishio/download/
Ukaren2008Nishio.pdf

 

Mineo, JE9PEL

 

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