In other words, a bunch of new satellites that have essentially nothing to do with Amateur Radio other than tying up a chuck of our precious spectrum. I have little doubt that the only reason the third bullet item is there is to be able to claim an Amateur Radio function and therefore be able to justify using Amateur spectrum for an otherwise completely non-Amateur related mission.
If I'm reading that wrong, please correct me..
Jim - K6CCC
-----Original Message----- From: "Nico Janssen" hamsat@xs4all.nl Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2022 07:54 To: "Robert Meade" rjm27trekkie@gmail.com Cc: "Amsat BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Ten Russian cubesats to be deployed from the ISS
"The mission of the satellites of the SWSU series: Creation of a peer-to-peer information network. Retransmission and parallel transmission to the ground monitoring station is organized within the network. - study of the Earth's magnetic field - measurement of radio noise in outer space - transmission of photos (SSTV) and voice messages (AUDIO) to radio amateurs around the world. Each satellite will have its own personal phrase, which is translated into 8 different languages.
The Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan 1/2 satellites carry special radio transmitting equipment designed to perform the scientific task of calibrating the sensitivity of the radio telescopes of the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory of the Astro-Space Center of the Physical Institute P.N. Lebedev of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PRAO ACC FIAN, www.prao.ru). Also, these satellites can emit specialized radio signals to study the effects of radio wave propagation through the ionosphere using radio receiving equipment, which is supposed to be manufactured at the Russian State Technical University and used as part of the PRAO ACC FIAN radio telescopes."