It was announced during the QB50 presentation at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium that two CubeSats, one carrying a SDX linear transponder for SSB/CW, the other a FM voice transponder, should be launched into a 600 km orbit in the first half of 2014.

Seehttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/20/qb50-amateur-radio-transponder-payloads-to-la...

Live Webcast of International Space Colloquium this weekend http://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/18/webcast-of-international-space-colloquium/

The Colloquium schedule (times in BST, GMT+1) can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/2013ColloquiumSchedule

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