{"id":17795,"date":"2019-02-10T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17795"},"modified":"2019-02-10T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T18:29:56","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-feb-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17795","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Feb.10.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. about student and amateur CubeSat<\/a> \/ SmallSat projects and programs:<\/p>\n

**<\/strong> Images of earth from lunar orbit<\/strong> are being captured via amateur radio transmissions from a transceiver placed on a Chinese satellite by a group at the Harbin Institute of Technology: Far side of the Moon photographed by amateurs \u2013 Dwingeloo Radio Telescope\/CAMRAS<\/a><\/p>\n

This image shows the far side of the Moon, as well as our own planet Earth. It was taken with a camera linked to an amateur radio transceiver on board the Chinese DSLWP-B \/ Longjiang-2 satellite<\/a> (call sign BJ1SN), currently in orbit around the Moon, and transmitted back to Earth where it was received with the Dwingeloo Telescope.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Earth as seen from lunar orbit via a camera on the Chinese DSLWP-B \/ Longjiang-2 satellite and a transceiver built by a team at Harbin Institute of Technology. Credits Dwingeloo Radio Telescope<\/a>.
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This image represents the culmination of several observing sessions spread over the past few months where we used the Dwingeloo telescope in collaboration with the Chinese team from Harbin University of Technology, who build the radio transceiver on board Longjiang-2, and radio amateurs spread across the globe.<\/em>
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\nThe transceiver on board Longjiang-2 was designed to allow radio amateurs to downlink telemetry and relay messages through a satellite in lunar orbit, as well as command it to take and downlink images. In that it has succeeded, as many radio amateurs have received telemetry and image data. Being able to use the Dwingeloo telescope to help with this has been a lot of fun.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note that the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope<\/a> in the Netherlands is the “largest radio telescope in the world for amateurs”.<\/p>\n

See also<\/p>\n