{"id":621568,"date":"2019-06-22T15:56:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T19:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=621568"},"modified":"2019-06-22T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T19:56:20","slug":"16-year-old-ham-radio-satellite-builder-in-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=621568","title":{"rendered":"16-year-old ham radio satellite builder in the press"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"FossaSat-1<\/a><\/p>\n

FossaSat-1 PocketQube Satellite<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

16-year-old radio amateur Juli\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez EA4HCD<\/a><\/strong> was interviewed by the newspaper El Mundo Chronicle about his FossaSat-1<\/a><\/strong> PocketQube satellite.<\/p>\n

A Google translation of an extract of the article<\/a> says:<\/p>\n

\u2026at the age of seven someone told him about the International Space Station and, since then, he has not stopped fantasizing about the idea of a voyage safe from gravity. \u201cUnlike the children of previous generations who dreamed of being astronauts without knowing very well how to get it, I have grown up with all the information at my fingertips,\u201d he tells Cr\u00f3nica.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Juli\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez [EA4HCD], already as CEO of Fossa Systems, has just launched a crowdfunding campaign through GoFundMe with which he intends to finance his latest talent: a mini-satellite (the smallest in Spain and the third in the world) that will allow the Internet access throughout the world. \u201cIt is not designed to provide Wi-Fi hotspots,\u201d jokes this student of 4th of ESO, \u201cbut to try to democratize access to telecommunications in the environment of the internet of things.\u201d To meet its objective, and in order to reduce launch costs, the last two years have been devoted to miniaturizing the size of the satellite. \u201cMy prototype will take the internet to rural areas, many of them without coverage of any kind, so that monitoring data can be sent at no cost\u201d.<\/p>\n

Read the English version of the full article at https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/El-Mundo-FossaSat-1<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fossa team is made up of international members from all over the world working together thanks to the magic of the internet https:\/\/fossa.systems\/about-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The IARU have coordinated a frequency of 436.700 MHz for the 100 mW downlink which is capable of 183 Hz Shift FSK RTTY 45 baud ITA2 and LoRa 125 kHz B\/W 180 bps, details at
\nhttp:\/\/www.amsatuk.me.uk\/iaru\/finished_detail.php?serialnum=652<\/a><\/p>\n

The ITU API\/A is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fossa say they have signed a orbital launch contract with UK company Alba Orbital<\/a><\/strong> and a launch on a Electron rocket is expected in the 4th quarter of 2019
\nhttps:\/\/fossa.systems\/fossasat\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/FossaSys<\/a><\/p>\n


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\nSource: Amsat UK <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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