IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination
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IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination |
| MUNStar-1 | Updated: 07 Oct 2025 | Responsible Operator | Gerard White VO1OR | |
| Supporting Organisation | C-CORE & Memorial University of Newfoundland | |||
| Contact Person | qra@bellaliant.net.nospam | |||
| Headline Details: A 3U mission. MUNStar-1 is student design team at Memorial University of Newfoundland. It is a joint effort between the university and C-CORE to promote education and training in space systems, earth observation and telecommunications. The MUNStar-1 spacecraft build and launch is funded through the CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM (CUBICS) and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. CUBICS is providing professors in post-secondary institutions with an opportunity to engage their students in a real space mission. MUNStar-1 adheres to the CubeSat standard and is a 3U satellite. MUNStar-1 contains a scientific payload for the measurement of GNSS Reflectometry (GNSS-R) signals. The MUNStar-1 team is a student design team of Memorial University consisting of undergraduate and graduate electrical, mechanical and mechatronics students. The objectives of MUNStar-1 are as follows: Objective 1: To train Highly Qualified People (HQP) in the area of EO, space systems, communications principles and amateur radio. Objective 2: To expand Memorial’s research program in GNSS-R-based remote sensing of the ocean through data collected from a CubeSat. Objective 3: To develop a small but critical mass of expertise in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) around small satellite development. Objective 4: To promote enthusiasm in amateur radio use within its student and supervisory team and to train a group of students and supervisors to obtain their Amateur Radio Operator Certificate to become operators of the MUNStar-1 ground station. Amateur radio training will be provided by the MUNStar-1 supervisory team, in partnership with the IEEE Student Branch at Memorial University. Radio Amateurs Canada will also provide Amateur radio training. Testing for amateur radio certification will be provided through the two amateur radio clubs in St. John’s (SONRA and AVRAC) As a result of objective 4, many individuals involved with the project will obtain their amateur certificates and operate the spacecraft, including both students and supervisors. One of the mission goals is to have a fully operational ground station. Hosted by C-CORE, which will be able to support amateur UHF communications. The ground station equipment is being purchased ground station equipment is being purchased from COTS providers, but the assembly, configuration, and integration will be performed by students of the MUNStar-1 team. Upon launch, amateur certified students will be satellite operators. The operation of the ground station will be completely on a voluntary basis and nobody will receive remuneration for the operation of the satellite. Amateur data received from the spacecraft will be published on the MUNStar- 1 website. MUNStar-1 will also devote more than 50% of the satellite’s orbital time to amateur radio activities. The MUNStar-1 team will incorporate functionality into the satellite, specifically for use by the amateur radio community. After satellite Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP), specific orbits will be published in the MUNStar-1 Website for use for the amateur radio community. MUNStar-1 will target ITU Zone 2 for these activities. Proposing a UHF downlink using 9k6 2GFSK using a Endurosat transceiver. Planning launch in Q4 2026 into a polar orbit. Launch details are TBD. More info at https://munstar-1.com | ||||
| Application Date: | 04 Oct 2025 | Freq coordination completed on | ||
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