The objective of the nanosatellite project is to provide hands-on experience to students in the design, construction, and control of complete satellite systems that will ultimately serve as the basis for a variety of space experiments. The first satellite in the series is called OUFTI-1: it is a CubeSat, which is a cube with a size of 10x10x10 cm and a weight of at most one kilogram. It will be launched by Vega in October 2010.

The key, innovative feature of OUFTI-1 is the use of the D-STAR amateur-radio digital-communication protocol. This means of radio-communication will be made available to ham-radio operators worldwide. In the future, it will also be used to control space experiments. The telecomands and telemetry will be send to the satellite with the AX-25 amateur radio protocol. In case of the AX-25 system won't work properly a reliable telegraphy beacon should still be functional.

This project is a student project. Students are thus warmly encouraged to join the project ! Please contact us for further information.

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