[amsat-bb] Japanese Asteroid Mission To Carry Amateur Radio

[M5AKA]

Abyss 2 is another name for Shin'En 2 and carries a Mode J linear transponder. 
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/23/shin-en2-to-carry-mode-j-linear-transponder/

http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/21/shin-en2-satellite-frequencies/

There's another amateur radio satellite expected to be on the same launch in December - ARTSAT2:DESPATCH http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/

73 Trevor M5AKA




On Monday, 1 September 2014, 20:32, M5AKA <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
 


Abyss-2 - from the Japanese language article it looks like it's carrying an amateur radio payload and will launch this December. Does anyone have any further information ?
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/09/01/japanese-asteroid-mission-to-carry-amateur-radio/

Also there appears to be a Japanese Lunar Orbiter under development which will carry an amateur radio transponder
http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/en/sinen2/sinen2-outline/


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