Nayif 1

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Nayif-1 (Emirates OSCAR 88)
Type: Amateur radio satellite
Country: United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Operator: AMSAT
COSPAR-ID : 2017-008BX
Mission dates
Dimensions: 1 kg
Size: 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm
Begin: February 15, 2017, 03:58 UTC
Starting place: SHAR FLP
Launcher: PSLV-XL C-37
Status: in orbit, in operation
Orbit data
Rotation time : 94.6 min
Orbit inclination : 97.5 °
Apogee height :  509.4 km
Perigee height :  501.4 km

Nayif-1 , FUNcube-5 , EO-88 or Emirates OSCAR 88 is an amateur radio satellite from the United Arab Emirates. The 1U-CubeSat contains a complete communication package from the FUNcube series : A transponder for the U / V mode in single sideband modulation (SSB) and telegraphy (CW), as well as a radio beacon with phase shift keying (BPSK) for data transmission. The satellite has one antenna each for the 70 cm and 2 meter bands .

Nayif-1 was a joint project of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) and the American University of Sharjah (AUS). The satellite was developed by Emirati engineering students from AUS, led by a team of engineers and specialists from the MBRSC. Nayif-1 is the United Arab Emirates' first nanosatellite.

After a successful start, the satellite was assigned the OSCAR number 88.

mission

The satellite was launched on February 15, 2017 with a PSLV-XL rocket along with 103 other satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Center . After just a few hours, the transponder was put into operation, the first connections between amateur radio stations made and telemetry data received.

Frequencies

  • 145.990–145.960 MHz downlink ( SSB / CW )
  • 435.015–435.045 MHz uplink ( SSB / CW )
  • 145.940 MHz (Bake BPSK data transmission up to 1200  bps (FUNcube standard))

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ciprian Sufitchi: Nayif (EO 88). March 4, 2017, accessed March 4, 2017 .
  2. ^ Joseph Spier: ANS-057 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins. February 26, 2017, accessed March 4, 2017 .