50kg! to SSO? I hope they manage to get a repeater or transponder on there along with whatever digital relay it looks like they are planning. It might be a good opportunity for a PE1RAH transponder, or the L/U repeater AMSAT-OZ was developing!

73, Drew KO4MA

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From: "Trevor ." m5aka@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Nov 18, 2011 2:11 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ChubuSat-1

Google English article on ChubuSat-1, launch 2012-13, carries a V/U configuration using AX25, see

http://tinyurl.com/CubuSat1Article

See also ChubuSat-1 on IARU satellite pages at http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=199

73 Trevor M5AKA

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