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"CUBESAT" A Project of the Cuesta College
Amateur Radio Organization
WA6RKE for operation--W6HDO for Experimentation
Under the general guidance of Robert Twiggs of Stanford University and in cooperation with California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, students of Cuesta College are undertaking an ambitious project to design, construct, test, and after it is in orbit, operate a small earth orbiting satellite.
Dimensions of the device have been established as a ten centimeter cube with weight limited to one kilogram. The electronic functions are completely at the discretion of the students, restricted only by existing rules and regulations of the FCC and International Communications Organizations involved with space communications. Radio frequencies used for control commands and data transmission from the satellite are in the bands assigned to the amateur radio service worldwide. This dictates the individual designated as the operator must hold a valid Radio Amateur Operators License issued by the satellite's country of origin.
The project is entirely under the direction of the students involved; each project member contributes according to his or her area of interest or expertise. When completed and upon arrangement for launch support, the satellites from all participating colleges and universities will be placed into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at approximately 700 kilometers above the surface of the earth. The dispenser to release all of the satellites from the launch vehicle is being designed and manufactured by students at Cal Poly.
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