10/05/2021

The launch of a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA[1]) Epsilon rocket carrying several amateur radio payloads has been rescheduled for October 7. Launches on October 1 and October 3 were scrubbed. This would be the fifth launch of the Epsilon Vehicle.

The launch will carry four amateur radio satellites into space: TeikyoSat-4 (TS-4)[2], Z-Sat[3], KOSEN-1[4], and NanoDragon[5]. On October 6, four additional amateur radio satellites will be deployed into orbit from the International Space Station. They are Binar-1[6] from Australia; Maya-3 and Maya-4[7] from the Philippines as part of the BIRDS Project (a multinational satellite project), and CUAVA-1[8], also from Australia. Cuava-1 will include uplink and downlink frequencies on VHF/UHF, as well as in the 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands at 76.750 GHz. The deployment will be live on the JAXA YouTube channel. - Thanks to AMSAT News Service 


[1] https://global.jaxa.jp/
[2] https://spacesystemsociety.jimdofree.com/projects/teikyosat-project/teikyosat-4-info/
[3] https://twitter.com/KOMAKI_AMSATCOM/status/1443125922010308608
[4] http://space.kochi-ct.jp/kosen-1
[5] https://vnsc.org.vn/en/news-events/nanodragon-public-announcement/
[6] http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=730
[7] https://stamina4space.upd.edu.ph/upcoming-satellites/maya-3and4/
[8] https://www.cuava.com.au/projects/cuava-1/

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