SPROUT, a 20 x 20 x 22 cm amateur radio SSTV nano-satellite with a mass of 6.7 kg, plans to launch with the L-band (1236.5 MHz/1257.5 MHz/1278.5 MHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite ALOS-2 in January, 2013.

See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=9837

73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium takes place Guildford Sept. 15-16 http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/twelve ----