[amsat-bb] next deployment from ISS by J-SSOD

The JAXA announced four CubeSats deployment from ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD).

The four CubeSats are followings.

PicoDragon 1U CubeSat Developer: Vietnam National Satellite Center(VNSC), University of Tokyo, IHI aerospace

ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X 1U CubeSat Developer: Nanorack, NanoSatisfi

TechEdSat-3 3U CubeSat Developer: NASA Ames Research Center

PicoDragon, ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X operates on amateur band. TechEdSat-3 could not find on the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination list.

All the satellites sent ISS by the HTV4 at 4th August. The HTV4 is also known as HamTV set vehicle.

Deployment is planed from October 2013 to March 2014.

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