The South African Radio League (SARL) report that an amateur radio CubeSat designed and built by students at the Cape Peninsular University of Technology in Bellville will be launched towards the end of November, 2012
Still known by its engineering name ZACube-1, the satellite will be shipped in the next few weeks to Holland where it will be integrated with two other CubeSats in the launch carrier before being shipped for integrating with the rocket. ZACube-1 carries a HF transmitter operating on 14 099 kHz, a small camera and a telemetry transmitter.
SARL news says listen to Amateur Radio Today for an interview with Francois Visser, of CPUT who is leading the project. (presumably will be posted Monday?)
The HF beacon payload will be used for characterization of Hermanus Magnetic Observatory’s Dual Auroral Radar Network antenna at SANAE base in Antarctica (14 MHz).
The IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel list these frequencies, beacon 14.099 MHz, uplink 145.860 MHz and downlink 437.345 MHz.
CPUT satellite HF beacon – a new tool for radio amateurs
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/hans-172-09-cput-satellite-hf-beacon
-a-new-tool-for-radio-amateurs.htm
It is believed there may be as many as 18 amateur radio satellites on the DNEPR launch from Yasny on November 20 http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=7717
