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Suitsat-2 is not yet on orbit.
Deployment is planned for the Spring of 2010

LATEST NEWS

SuitSat-2 Now Called ARISSat-1 The SuitSat-2 project now has a new name to go with its new shape, ARISSat-1. Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, the ARISS Chairman announced the new name for the satellite and project this week. The project team is moving ahead using the same hardware that was to fly in the Russian Orlan suit. The team is re-configuring some of the modules to fit into the new structure being designed by Bob Davis, KF4KSS and his team. Full story

OPERATIONAL SUITSAT-2 PROTOTYPE HITS THE ROAD - SEEN IN CHICAGO On July 24-25 the Central States VHF Society hosted their 43rd Conference in the Chicago area. The event attracted radio amateurs interested in experimentation with weak signal VHF/UHF, microwave, terrestrial and space communications, and EME. Full story

ODYSSEY IS THE PROJECT NAME for the test hardware for an SDR based satellite. The first application will be Suitsat 2. The Odyssey Project was born at the Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston, Texas. AMSAT, ARISS are helping get ready for the SUITSAT-2 experiment. Full story

PLANS TO LAUNCH A SECOND "SUITSAT" spacesuit-turned-satellite were the subject of discussions and presentations at the recent AMSAT Space Symposium and Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Delegates' meeting near San Francisco. Despite a weaker-than-anticipated 2-meter signal, SuitSat-1 -- a surplus Russian Orlan spacesuit fitted with an Amateur Radio transmitter -- sparked the imagination of students and the general public and turned into a public relations bonanza for Amateur Radio. ARISS now hopes to capitalize on the concept by building an even better SuitSat that will include ham radio transponders. Full story

ELEVEN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS at The College of New Jersey had a hand in designing some of the software defined radio (SDR) hardware that will fly aboard SuitSat-2. The college seniors signed up last fall for "Software Defined Radio," taught by adjunct professors Bob McGwier, N4HY, and Frank Brickle, AB2KT -- both members of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) SuitSat-2 team. Full story

SUITSAT-2 COMING TO SPACE NEAR YOU! "An ISS crew could launch SuitSat-2 during a spacewalk as early as next fall. "We're talking about October of next year, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Sputnik-1," McFadin said. Other possible commemorative occasions could include the 125th birth anniversary of Robert Goddard, considered the father of modern rocketry, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Full story

STUDENTS TESTING SUITSAT-2 COMPONENTS At its face-to-face meeting in San Francisco, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team approved a second SuitSat project, an amateur radio system housed in an Orlan suit which has outlived its usefulness for the ISS crew. Full story

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