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ARLS005 Nayif-1 CubeSat with Amateur Radio Transponder Set to Launch on
February 15

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Space Bulletin 005  ARLS005
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  February 10, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS005
ARLS005 Nayif-1 CubeSat with Amateur Radio Transponder Set to Launch on
February 15

AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL have announced that at the Nayif-1 1U CubeSat, which
includes a full FUNcube communication package, is set for launch on an Indian
PSLV launch vehicle on February 15 at 0358 UTC. PSLV Flight C-37, will carry
more than 100 satellites into orbit. Nayif-1 carries a U/V linear Amateur Radio
 transponder for SSB and CW and a telemetry transmitter. The initial plan
called for a late-2015 launch.

Nayif-1 was a joint project of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and
 American University of Sharjah (AUS). The United Arab Emirate's first
nanosatellite, Nayif-1 was developed by Emirati engineering students from AUS
under the supervision of a team of engineers and specialists from MBRSC. The
partnership between the two entities was aimed at providing hands-on
satellite-manufacturing experience to engineering students.

Telemetry will be transmitted on 145.940 MHz, 1.2 KB BPSK (FUNcube standard).
The SSB/CW transponder uplink passband is 435.045-435.015 MHz, and the downlink
 passband is 145.960-145.990 MHz.

AMSAT-UK is seeking post-launch reports from stations around the world,
especially during the first few minutes and hours after launch. It is
anticipated that the first signals may be heard in North America during the
mid-evening hours on February 14 (local time).

A mission-specific telemetry dashboard is available. Information can be found
on the web in PDF format at,
https://funcubetest2.files.wordpress.com/2017...
e_1-0b.pdf
.

In a manner similar to that of the FUNcube-1 dashboard, this one will be
capable of uploading the telemetry received to a central data warehouse. More
information on the telemetry dashboard is available, as is a test file.

Initial spacecraft operation will be in a low-power "safe" mode, with just the
telemetry transmitter activated.

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