H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI
Mineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on the AMSAT Bulletin Board that five satellites with amateur radio payloads are to be launched to the International Space Station in December.
JAXA announced to the public November 7 that seven nano satellites are to be installed in H-IIB Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI” (HTV) to be launched in December. Satellites are only about 1U~3U in size and will conduct experiments aimed at realizing the space elevator which is expected to facilitate the movement of Earth and Universe in the future. It’s the first time to launch in JAXA with seven satellites at a time.
HTV6 Launch: 1326 UT, Dec. 9, 2016 at the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
Downlink Beacon Mode AOBA-VeloxIII 437.375 437.375 1k2 AFSK,CW ITF-2 437.525 437.525 1k2 FM,CW STARS-C (Mother) 437.405 437.245 1k2 FM,CW STARS-C (Daughter) 437.425 437.255 1k2 FM,CW WASEDA-Sat3 437.290 437.290 1k2 PCM-FSK,CW
H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI” (HTV), JAXA
http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/htv/index.html
AOBA-VeloxIII Kyusyu Institute of Technology
http://aoba2016.blog.fc2.com/
EGG University of Tokyo / Nihon University
http://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/bitstream/a-is/2961/1/SA6000021010.pdf
FREEDOM Tohoku University / Nakashimada Engneering Works, Ltd
http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/newimg/pressimg/tohokuuniv-press_20140926_01web.pdf
ITF-2 University of Tsukuba
http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/
IuPOD Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation
http://www.jamss.co.jp/en/
STARS-C Shizuoka University
http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/english.html
WASEDA-SAT3 Waseda University
http://www.miyashita.mmech.waseda.ac.jp/Waseda-Sat3/
