CubeSats launch with X-37B spaceplane
On Wednesday a super-secret US military unmanned spaceplane was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Also aboard the rocket were a number of CubeSats, some of which included amateur radio payloads.
BRICSat-P, designed to test a novel propulsion system, carries an APRS transponder with a 145MHz uplink and 457MHz downlink.
It also has a PSK32 transponder that has a 10m uplink and UHF downlink.
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-A has a 9600bps FSK AX.25 packet radio downlink on 437.435MHz.
Amateurs are asked to forward any data they collect from this satellite to the contact details at tinyurl.com/JD-lightsail.
More information on all of the CubeSats aboard the launch can be found at tinyurl.com/20-may-launch.
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