[amsat-bb] EAGLET-1 Cubesat on SSO-A launch

[Paul Stoetzer]

Presumably the Italian government licensed this commercial operation
on the amateur bands, which is unfortunate.

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 1:04 PM PE0SAT | Amateur Radio via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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> On 12-12-2018 22:53, Nico Janssen wrote:
>
> > One of the many Cubesats launched on the recent SSO-A mission was
> > the Italian 3U Cubesat EAGLET-1. This satellite transmits telemetry on
> > 435.200 MHz and it is to relay AIS signals emitted by ships from one of
> > two VHF frequencies to 435.800 MHz. As far as I can see these
> > frequencies have not been coordinated by the IARU. The operations of
> > this satellite have nothing to do with amateur radio. It is a
> > commercial
> > satellite, so an experimental license also does not apply. For details
> > see:
> > https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3378&context=smallsat
>
> Looking further into this strange satellite that is active in the
> HAMRADIO spectrum without following the IARU regulation
> (http://www.iaru.org/satellite.html), I also found this:
> https://www.ohb.de/en/news/ohb-italia-nanosat-eaglet-1-successfully-launched-today-from-vandenberg-air-force-base-california/
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> > After this satellite a constellation of 20 similar satellites is
> > planned.
> > Can/should we do something about this?
>
> Can we do something?, I am not sure, but one thing we should do, and
> that is contacting
> the organizations and remind them that there are regulations they should
> adhere to.
>
> >
> > 73,
> > Nico PA0DLO
>
> 73 Jan, PE0SAT
>
>
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