Lunar OSCAR II Satellite - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	Lunar OSCAR II
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	not launched, expected in 2024
Launcher	not launched
Organisation	Harbin Institute of Technology
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Country	China
Oneliner	Lunar OSCAR II is a lunar amateur radio payload.
Description	Lunar OSCAR II is a lunar amateur radio payload developing by a team consists of students in Harbin Institute of Technology and international amateur radio enthusiasts. Its baseline functions include telemetry, digital image downlink from an infrared camera, and digipeater with JT4G uplink/downlink. It will also provide chances for uploading and testing new waveforms and algorithms for radio communications and measurements in very long distance. Amateur radio orbit determination experiments, for example Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), are also possible with these links. Harbin Institute of Technology has successfully developed the first lunar amateur radio satellite, Longjiang-2 / DSLWP-B. As a subsequent mission, Lunar OSCAR II will continue offering various resources for communications relay and amateur radio research, and promoting cooperation of amateur radio communities. The Lunar OSCAR II payload will be on board a lunar microsatellite with a volume of about 300x200x100 mm3 and a mass of about 14 kg.
Sources	[1] [2]
Keywords	Beyond Earth orbit

Last modified: 2024-05-29