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| http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ |
- KLETSkous the 1U Cubesat build by volunteer Amateur Radio operators.
The planned payload for KLETSkous will be as follows.
- A Linear transponder (2m uplink and 70 cm downlink)bandwidth of 20 kHz
- Currently the frequencies in the 435.100 to 435.140 MHz range are considered for the uplink and 145.860 to 145.980 MHz for the downlink
- The scientific payload will be a experiment analysing "Worm Holes" (This experiment will try and find the portholes between Sun and Earth).
- There was a live Transponder demo and a prototype of the space frame.
More information is available at http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
2) A presentation on the progress of the experiments on ZACube-1 was also very interesting.
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| ZACUBE-1 Cube sat Picture |
- Very nice pictures were captured from the VGA cameras.
- Beacon TX power was also increased and should be easier to capture the signals.
- They are now slowly deploying the long wire HF antenna in the following few weeks to enable the HF experiments.
More info available at http://www.cput.ac.za/blogs/fsati/zacube-1/
3) A presentation on the experiments of a Satellite propulsion system (Vacuum Arc Thruster)
3) A presentation on the experiments of a Satellite propulsion system (Vacuum Arc Thruster)
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| Vacuum Arc Thruster |
- Vacuum arc thrusters are a potentially useful technology for use as microthrusters on microsats for the future.
- It is basically a spark plug that generate sparks in a vacuum to propel the satellite. by (Jonathan Lun PhD Student SANSA Space Science,University of the Witwatersrand)
