Fw: I forgot to title this CHASQUI-1, sorry --- On Sat, 13/2/10, andy thomas <andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> From: andy thomas <andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: > To: "amsat" <amsat-bb@amsat.org> > Cc: "john heath" <g7...@btinternet.com>, daniel.bra...@star.le.ac.uk > Date: Saturday, 13 February, 2010, 17:16 > I came upon an interesting comment > about batteries at the web blog of Cosmonaut Maxim Suarev > which is in English at Russia Today: > > http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/orbital-log/2010-02-09.html > > The blog was from someone working on a Peruvian cubesat > called CHASQUI-1. The specific question is: > > "Lizeth Bodero > 10 February, 2010, 14:24 > > hi!! I'm a science student and here in my University we are > building a nanosatellite named "Chasqui". We hope to launch > it this year but there's a problem with the batteries since > we wanted to use lithium polymer batteries and we don't know > if those are allowed by the Russian Federal Spacial Agency. > Do you have any suggestion about that? thank you so much > " > > Someone on the group might have the answer? Looks like they > have already identified a launch vehicle... > > There are wiki entries and a web page for CHASQUI-1, > although the onboard comms system isn't described here is a > description of the ground station: > > http://www.chasqui.uni.edu.pe/html/eng/ground-station.html > > Frequency bands: VHF (144 - 146 MHz.) and UHF (435 - 438 > MHz.) > Operating Mode: Half duplex > Transmitting power: 50 W. > Modulation: AFSK > Link Speed Downlink: 1200 bps. and 9600 bps. > Link speed increase: Between 1200 bps. and 9600 bps. > > 73 de andy g0sfj > > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
