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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FUNCUBE-2 A STEP CLOSER TO LAUNCH
The highly publicized Funcube satellite has taken another
step toward becoming a reality. This with work that AMSAT-
UK has delivered a set of completed Funcube 2 subsystem
boards to Clyde Space Ltd in Glasgow. The handover took
place on October 19th. The boards represent the Funcube-
2 subsystem that will become a part of the UKube-1
spacecraft.
Three circuit boards make up the spacecraft. One is for
command, control and telemetry. An RF Board that houses the
command receiver, telemetry transmitter and linear
transponder and a third board contains the 400 milliwatt VHF
amplifier and sensors.
Funcube-2 will provide a 435 to 145 MHz linear transponder
for amateur radio SSB and CW communications and telemetry
for school students around the world. Its host, the UKube-1
spacecraft is expected to be launched on a Soyuz-2 launcher
from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan
in March 2013. (AMSAT-UK)
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