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Subj: KENSAT: PRIVATELY DEVELOPED CUBESAT TRANSMITS AI EXPERIMENT
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KENSAT: PRIVATELY DESIGNED AND BUILT 2U CUBESAT TRANSMITTING AI EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE
SPECIAL REPORT - AMSAT NEWS / KENSAT.COM
REPORTER: JASON DANIELS VK2LAW
DATE: OCTOBER 23, 2026
ISSUED VIA BPQ32 NODE HP2DFA-5 IN PANAMA
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1. KENSAT MISSION OVERVIEW
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ON OCTOBER 1ST, A 2U CUBESAT NAMED **KENSAT** WAS
LAUNCHED ON A RIDESHARE MISSION FROM VANDENBERG
SPACE FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA. DESIGNED AND BUILT
COMPLETELY AS A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL BY GUAN HAO CHAN
(KO6IKZ) FROM MALAYSIA, WITHOUT GOVERNMENT OR
CORPORATE FUNDING, IT INCLUDES CUSTOM-DEVELOPED
GROUND STATION SOFTWARE.
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2. PAYLOAD & SPACE-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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THE CUBESAT'S PAYLOAD FEATURES AN UNUSUAL AI
EXPERIMENT: USING A NEURAL NETWORK, KENSAT CONDUCTS
MACHINE LEARNING AND DOWNLINKS RESULTS VIA UHF
TO AMATEUR GROUND STATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE
KENSAT WEBSITE, THE SATELLITE RUNS A LANGUAGE MODEL
KNOWN AS **GEMMA 3** WHICH "THINKS IN SPACE AND
BEAMS THE ANSWER BACK TO ANYONE LISTENING."
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3. RADIO PARAMETERS & AX.25 FRAMING
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- IARU COORDINATED DOWNLINK FREQUENCY: **437.080 MHZ**
- CALLSIGN: **KO6IKZ**
- MODULATION: **GFSK** WITH **AX.25 / G3RUH** FRAMING
- ORBIT: SUN-SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT (SSO) IN LEO.
CHAN HOPES KENSAT WILL INSPIRE INDEPENDENT CUBESAT
DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGES HAMS TO MONITOR UHF.
CREDITS & SOURCES: AMSAT NEWS / KENSAT.COM / VK2LAW
NODE CONTACT MAIL: HP2DFA@GMAIL.COM / HP2DFA-5@BPQ32
73 DE HP2DFA-5 / BPQ32 NODE PANAMA
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