IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination
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IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination |
| MANTIS | Updated: 13 Aug 2026 | Responsible Operator | Colin O Flynn VA1YHZ | |
| Supporting Organisation | Dalhousie University | |||
| Contact Person | coflynn@dal.ca.nospam | |||
| Headline Details: A 3U CubeSat, the M.A.N.T.I.S. CubeSat utilizes a single communications system, the EnduroSat UHF II transceiver, for command, telemetry, and data downlink functions. As a result, amateur radio frequencies are used to support both spacecraft operations and the transmission of mission-related data. The primary objective of M.A.N.T.I.S., a Canadian Space Agency CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM (CUBICS) mission, is to provide post-secondary students with practical, hands-on experience throughout the complete lifecycle of a CubeSat mission, including its design, development, testing, launch, and operation. The mission serves as an educational platform to develop scientific, engineering, and operational skills through participation in a real space mission. As part of this educational mission, the payload is intended to collect Earth observation imagery for the study of algal bloom detection. Captured imagery will be processed and analyzed using artificial intelligence and advanced image-processing techniques in orbit to investigate the feasibility of identifying algal bloom events from spacebased observations. All non-amateur-radio mission activities are conducted as part of an educational and research-focused university CubeSat program and are undertaken solely for educational, scientific, and technology demonstration purposes. The mission has no commercial purpose. Proposing a UHF downlink using 2GFSK at 6 kbps data rate. The telemetry data will be downlinked using the standard AX.25 packetization format. Payload information and data will be downlinked using the ESPS (Endurosat protocol stack). Planning a CSA launch via Exolaunch with Space X into a 510 km SSO. Q3 2027 More info at https://dsslabs.ca/ | ||||
| Application Date: | 10 Aug 2026 | Freq coordination completed on | ||
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