QuoteAMSAT Italia would like to inform the amateur community that its request to the Italian Space Agency, the owner of the GREENCUBE satellite, to reconsider its decision of decommissioning the satellite is under evaluation.
Waiting for its decision, IO-117 is still operational.
The GreenCube satellite was born as a scientific experiment placed in MEO orbit which successfully concluded its mission.
IO-117 is the HAM Radio part of the satellite consisting of a digipeter which was promoted by AMSAT Italia and coordinated by IARU-R1.
At the moment AMSAT Italia is committed to promoting the continuation of the mission for the HAM Radio part of Greencube.
AMSAT Italia BoD
Posts by VE4SW
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Has anybody heard anything new on this?
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Yes, it looks very interesting! Will wait for the first reports before shelling out another $300+. My Pluto still does the job here in 9H
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Thank you! You can connect via "info@amsat-ca.org"
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Please contact me directly via email. You can find my information on QRZ.com.
Stefan VE4SW
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In reagrds to my pervious post, we have also heard from AMSAT-IT (Italia), and yes, they are actively working with local partners and European groups to make this happen. That is very encouraging news. Please stay tuned for updates.
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The “Amateur Radio Satellites and Systems – Canada” Association has contacted AMSAT-IT and offered our assistance in helping them take over operational control of IO-117 from S5Lab to allow the digipeater to stay operational. We see this as a viable option in line with the IARU frequency coordination based on the secondary amateur radio payload (digipeater) of IO-117. Now, we don’t know at this point the conditions and operational requirements assigned by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and ESA (European Space Agency) for this satellite, which are also partners in this project. We expect that AMSAT-IT will inform the community of possible next steps and options if available in due time. Until then, we encourage everyone to give these organizations the time and opportunity to look into viable options. We will keep you posted.
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Hallo Thomas,
Yes, that is a very important aspect. What QO-100 also showed was the ability of the community to quickly adapt and offer products and tools to everyone. So many small businesses are now offering antennas, amplifiers, up/down converters, DATV tools etc. It has been fascinating following these developments. In addition, we are seeing more and more SDR-based radios being developed for experimenters, hobbyists, and amateur radio users. Just looking at the AntSDR E200 on CrowdSupply as an example.
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Thanks, Thomas.
It is time to move higher up in frequencies. The pressure on amateur radio allocations is significant, even if they are only secondary. If we don't use them, we lose them. In addition, we need to start doing what we have done the best (in the past), being innovative and approaching new frontiers. That's the reason why the new "Amateur Radio Satellite and Systems - Canada" Association will support 13cm and up.
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We would like to engage in this conversation and will contact David G0MRF and others since we just incorporated AMSAT-CA (Amateur Radio Satellites and Systems - Canada). More news on this to follow soon !!!!!
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Thanks for online streaming!
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Like it! Thanks!
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Unless you like to smd surgery, either buy a new one or as you said use it for TX only.
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Hi George, use a free dropbox account and provide the link.
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Well, what would you like to do? I use the bullseye for stability and easiness to mount a helical TX antenna on it. Simple setup and works.
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It all depends on which software you are running. I use an Apple I7 mac pro because I like the MacOS for day-to-day work and installed Bootcamp with a WIN10 partition for SDR Console and the Adalm Pluto for QO-100 portable operation while in Europe. Works beautiful!
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Thank you! I found it Ebay Poland (ebay.pl).
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Is it available?
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If you look up the launch vehicle, it is limited to put a 6000 kg payload into a low 200 km orbit or 4000 kg into a sun-synchronous orbit.
The first launch took place in December 2022 but failed to reach orbit. I assume the proposed launch will include a number of payloads.
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Sounds great! Please let us know what works for you.
73, Stefan VE4SW