4 new CubeSats from NASA sponsored “ELaNa VI” .

On August 2, 2012 at 07:40 UT an Atlas V rocket is planned to
launch a combination of 11 satellites from Vandenberg Air Force
Base in California for the US Government and NASA ELaNa university CubeSats.

This launch carries 11 CubeSats, to be released into 470 x 770 km, 63°
orbit about 3 hours after launch and following maneuvers by the Centaur
upper stage.

3 P-Pods will carry 4 CubeSats as the NASA sponsored “ELaNa VI” cluster:
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(1) CINEMA (CubeSat for Ion, Neutral, Electron, Magnetic fields)
Downlinks for engineering telemetry and command are in the
2400-2450 MHz range; Science telemetry is in 2200-2300 MHz range.
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(2) CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment)
Downlink 437.345 MHz, 9k6 with AX25
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(3) CP5 (PolySat)
Downlink 437.405 MHz at 1 watt, AFSK on LSB AX.25 over NRZI at
1200 bps, every 2 minutes, begins 3.5 hours after first turn-on
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(4) CXBN (Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite)
Downlink 437.525 MHz, GFSK, AX.25
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US Government Payloads
5 P-PODs will carry 7 US Government payloads (list subject to confirmation):
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(1) Aeneas
First CubeSat to deploy 2.4 GHz Dish Antenna. WiFi transmitter will transmit on 2425.0 MHz with 1 watt of output power.

Downlink 437.600 MHz AX25 1200 bps beacon every 10 second and a spread spectrum two-way link elsewhere in the 70cm band.

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(2) ORSES (ORS Enabler Satellite)
Operationally Responsive Space office, 3U CubeSat for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
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(3) Horus
One of a satellite pair (with Re) has optical sensors to detect orbiting payloads and debris for orbit measurement, 3U CubeSat from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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(4) Re
Second satellite of a pair (with Horus) has optical sensors to detect orbiting payloads and debris for orbit measurement, 3U CubeSat from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
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(5, 6, 7) Aerocube 4A, 4B, 4C
Built and operated by the Aerospace Corporation for technical research.

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