IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination
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IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination |
| Argus-01 & Argus -02 (2025) | Updated: 14 Jun 2025 | Responsible Operator | Neil Khera KC3WVB | |
| Supporting Organisation | Carnegie Mellon University | |||
| Contact Person | nkhera@andrew.cmu.edu.nospam | |||
| Headline Details: Two 1U Cubesats. The CubeSat transmitter will send telemetry with payload data and heartbeat signals to monitor spacecraft health and status during operations. Ground telecommands will help ensure nominal mission operations.The goal of the Argus mission is to evaluate the use of computer vision for orbit determination in lieu of traditional GPS for small satellites. Additionally, Argus serves as a design exercise for CMU students in building, deploying and maintaining a small spacecraft for LEO applications. The Argus mission complies with RR 1.56, 1.57, and Article 25 by serving educational and experimental purposes in the amateur-satellite service. It engages students in hands-on satellite design and aims to advance orbit determination techniques through Earth landmark detection, with no commercial intent. Argus will contribute to the amateur satellite community by openly sharing telemetry, algorithms, and data, enabling amateur operators worldwide to actively practice amateur radio by receiving and decoding transmissions, allowing them to meaningfully engage in the mission while advancing the goals of self-training, technical experimentation, and international cooperation. Proposing a UHF customised LoRa downlink. Planning a SpaceX launch from Vandenberg NET Oct 2025 into a 510 km polar orbit. | ||||
| Application Date: | 10 Jun 2025 | Freq coordination completed on | ||
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