CAPE-1 ''(Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment)'' is an amateur
miniaturized satellite
A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under . While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Satellites ca ...
developed by students at the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...
. The
CubeSat
A CubeSat is a class of miniaturized satellite based around a form factor consisting of cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats ...
was launched successfully into orbit at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April 2007 after a delay of several weeks.
An amateur radio frequency in the
70-centimeter band
The 70-centimeter or 440 MHz band is a portion of the UHF radio spectrum internationally allocated to amateur radio and amateur satellite use. The ITU amateur radio allocation is from 430 to 440 MHz; however, some countries, such as the U ...
was used during the satellite's operation. Intermittent
continuous wave and
AX.25
AX.25 (Amateur X.25) is a data link layer protocol originally derived from layer 2 of the X.25 protocol suite and designed for use by amateur radio operators. It is used extensively on amateur packet radio networks.
AX.25 v2.0 and later occupies t ...
telemetry beacons were sent at one watt with the call sign K5USL.
CAPE-1 has ceased operation, and is succeeded by the
CAPE-2 picosatellite, a 1U Cubesat operating on the 2-meter and 70-centimeter bands.
See also
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List of CubeSats
The following is a list of CubeSats, nanosatellites used primarily by universities for research missions, typically in low Earth orbits. Some CubeSats became their country's first national satellite. The extensivNanosatellite and CubeSat Databas ...
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CAPE-2
References
External links
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Student satellites
Spacecraft launched in 2007
CubeSats
Amateur radio satellites
Spacecraft launched by Dnepr rockets
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