The Japanese amateur radio satellite PROITERES is planned to launch Sunday, September 9 at 0421 UT from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satish Dhawan space centre. The satellites SPOT6 and mRESINS will be on the same launch into a 695 km × 695 km, 98.2º inclination orbit.
PROITERES was built by a team of students and faculty members of Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) and the spacecraft aims to demonstrate powered flight using a Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) engine. Its amateur radio callsign is JL3YZK.
PROITERES stands for PRoject of OIT Electric-Rocket-Engine Onboard Small Space Ship and will transmit on 437.485 MHz FM/AFSK. The spacecraft carries a camera and the two CPU's run the Linux operating system.
PROITERES, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan
Launch : 9 Sep 2012 4:21UTC (9:51IST)
Vehicle: PSLV-CA with SPOT6 and mRESINS
Site : Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India
30cm^3, 10kg, 10W, 437.485MHz FM/AFSK
The PROITERES Google English website contains the most up-to-date information see
http://tinyurl.com/PROITERES-Satellite
There is also an English language website at
http://www.oit.ac.jp/elc/~satellit/ImageProiteres.html
A video showing ISRO launch prepartion for PROITERES can be found at:
http://www.uk.amsat.org/10201
Gracias a Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL y AMSAT-UK por la información.
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