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Japanese Amateur Radio Lunar Satellite Lost in Space
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022
Japanese Amateur Radio Lunar Satellite Lost in Space
OMOTENASHI team prepares satellite for
launch (NASA photo)
The OMOTENASHI satellite, built by the ham radio club at the Japanese space agency and launched to the moon by NASA’s Artemis-1 mission, is missing in action but controllers hope to find and re-establish contact with it in March.
According to the club’s website, controllers were initially able to communicate with the satellite but determined that its solar panels were facing away from the Sun and it was spinning very quickly. Attempts to stabilize it appear to have worked but the batteries apparently died before they could re-orient the solar panels. They then lost contact with the satellite but hope it will move into sunlight by March, at which time they will try to locate it and re-establish control.
Its original mission of landing on the Moon will no longer be viable, but the new hope is to demonstrate the ability to communicate with a CUBESAT beyond Earth orbit.
Posted by CQ Newsroom at 1:03 PM
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The shipping container has been delivered
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6 meter antenna and feedline installed
Thanks to Gary,John,Chip and of course Dave the 6M folded ground plane and feedline are installed at the orchard site. In preparation for the install of the repeater and duplexer.
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