TSUBAME, Engineering Demonstration Satellite for Earth and Astronomical Observation Laboratory for Space Systems, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

An application has been made for the TSUBAME satellite to be launched via a H-IIA, piggyback launch window provided by JAXA under the selection criteria (priority A). The launch is planned in December 2012. TSUBAME translates to 'Swallow' in english.

CW beacon coordinated on 437.275MHz. Downlink AX.25/SRLL protocol, 1200bps AFSK telemetry on 437.505MHz, and S-band BPSK.

http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/tsubame/index_e.html http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/tsubame1.htm

JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita