NEXUS Satellite

NEXUS
NEXUS
Spacecraft name NEXUS (Next Education X (cross) Unique Satellite, Fuji-OSCAR 99)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Reentry 2023-11-09. Was operational (Official daily website updates and Twitter stops at 2021-03-27. Last SatNOGS CW reports with sensible data on 2023-06-09 and last checked on 2023-06-10)
Launched 2019-01-18
NORAD ID 43937
Deployer E-SSOD (Epsilon Small Satellite Orbital Deployer) [JAXA]
Launcher Epsilon
Organisation Nihon University
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Nation Japan
Launch brokerer JAXA, ?
Partners Japan Amateur satellite communications Association (JAMSAT)
Oneliner

Amateur radio communications plus camera.

Description

Provide amateur radio communications via the 145/435 MHz transponder and SSTV. Download pictures from the 640×480 pixel camera. Operate the data downlink at 38400 bps QPS. Compare the performance of the data downlink when using AFSK, GMSK and QPSK modes. Demonstration of π/4 shift QPSK transmitter. NEXUS performs data downlink by π/4 shift QPSK transmitter using the amateur radio band. We will perform the new radiowave format fast communication between satellite and groundstation To evaluate its superiority, against the communication speed.

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Photo sources [1]
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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