December launch for Eagle-1 ham radio satellite

The Eagle-1 Pocket Qub form factor Amateur Radio satellite is slated for launch on December 16, 2010.

The satellite is just 178x56x56mm and is planned to deploy from the satellite Edusat along with other Pocket Qubs.

The mission is to test a deorbiting mechanism and verify space qualification of the radio and solar cells. Proposing a simplex UHF operation with 9k6 bps AX25 packet downlinks.

Planned launch is from Yansy in Russia on a DNEPR launcher on Dec 16, 2010.

Eagle-1 on IARU Satellite Frequency Co-ordination pages
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=184

Gunter's Space Launch Page
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2010.htm

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