Oregon Student Satellite Expected to Launch Early Next Year

After months and months of research, testing and development, the Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS) is preparing to hand off Oregon’s first satellite destined for the stars.

Later this month, the interdisciplinary student group will deliver the satellite known as OreSat0 to Seattle’s Spaceflight Inc. who will integrate OreSat0 into its Sherpa(R) Orbital Transfer Vehicle. The propulsive vehicle will carry and deploy many small satellites to orbit after hitching a ride to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch no earlier than January 2022.

OreSat0 is the first in a series of three satellites designed by the Portland State Aerospace Society and is just about the size of a tissue box. The satellite includes solar panels, batteries, a color camera and an amateur radio system.

More Information - https://www.pdx.edu/news/psu-students-prep-oregons-first-satellite-space-flight

Proposal to Ban all 300-2000 MHz Transmissions in SZM

Proposal to ban all radio transmissions between 300 MHz and 2000 MHz in the area designated the Shielded Zone of the Moon (SZM), this would also be applicable to Mars

The spectrum would instead be used for radio astronomy operations, this would mean the Amateur Satellite Service allocations at 435 MHz and 1260 MHz would no longer be available to spacecraft in Lunar orbit such as Lunar-OSCAR 93 and Lunar-OSCAR 94 (Longjiang-1 and 2)

The frequencies of the spectral lines of astrophysical interest are:

• 327.4 MHz hyperfine transitions of the deuterium atom

• 1,420.4 MHz neutral hydrogen (HI) line

• 1,612.2 MHz OH radical line

• 1,665.4 MHz OH radical line

• 1,667.4 MHz OH radical line

• 1,720.5 MHz OH radical line

More info - https://amsat-uk.org/2018/05/19/dslwp-satellites-lunar-orbit/