KASHIWA  Missions

version 9 (11/Jan/2023)

APRS 

At 145.825 MHz, sending APRS queries from the satellite to a specific amateur station with APRS capability, and store the responses.

The response data is transmitted from the satellite to the ground station by UHF downlink.

The APRS response packets downlinked to the ground station will be published on this website.

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cameras

KASHIWA has two cameras onboard. They will take ISS (International Station),  Ocean, and Land day and night. FOV of two cameras is 194 degrees, it shows wide view in space.


Image data from the two types of cameras will be stored in flash memory.

The image data will be divided and transmitted to the ground station by UHF downlink, then received and restored at the ground station.


Music of Geomagnetic

KASHIWA transmits UHF analog FM signal containing the call sign as audio tone Morse code at first and then the analog audio sound generated from  geomagnetic data to amateurs. Geomagnetic field observation data will also be transmitted in the data by UHF transceiver.