CubeSat High-Speed Data Downlink

This project aims to bring high-speed communications to the NSF-funded CubeSat Missions.

Current Status

Award	Project	PIs	License			Frequencies
			Type	Agency	Sponsor
# 1	RAX	Cutler/Bahcivan	Amateur/ISM	FCC	UMich	437 MHz, 2.4 GHz
	FireFly	Rowland/Weatherwax	ISM	NTIA	NASA	2.4 GHz
Stimulus	FIREBIRD	Klumpar/Spence	Amateur	FCC	MSU	437 ?
	DICE	Crowley/Swenson	Experimental ?	NTIA	NSF	460 MHz
# 2	CINEMA	Lin	Space Research	NTIA	NASA	2.2 GHz
	CSSWE	Li/Palo	Amateur	FCC	U Colorado	UHF ?

CubeSat Developers Workshop 2010
Selected presentations from the 7th annual CubeSat Developers workshop at Cal Poly.

• CubeSat High Speed Downlink Communications Update - Bryan Klofas

Meeting at Parc 55 Hotel, 16 Dec 2009

• Introduction / Agenda - Bryan Klofas
• Radio Spectrum Considerations for CubeSats - Andy Clegg
• AMSAT Frequency Coordination Update, CDMA spreadsheet, Using the band 460-470MHz for Educational Satellites - Jan King
• RAX Communication Reflections - James Cutler
• Firefly Communication Requirements - Doug Rowland
• High Speed Data Downlink for NSF Space Weather CubeSats - Charles Swenson
• L-3 Radio - Justin Petersen
• The Firehose CubeSat Radio - Michael Caffrey
• AstroDev Products and Development - Kevin Brown
• MAST Experiment Experiences with the MicroHard MHX2400 Radio - Nestor Voronka
• Off-The-Shelf DDS Based Transceiver - John Malsbury
• SRI Dish - Michael Cousins

NSF Telecon, 30 Nov 2009
The purpose of this telecon, organized by Therese Jorgensen, was to inform everybody of the status of the various NSF missions and their communications plans.

• CINEMA
• RAX Radios and RAX Status
• Firefly Communications Plan and Firefly status
• FIREBIRD Overview
• Wallops collaboration with NSF

Mailing List
The project has set up a mailing list on Google Groups. If you already have a Google Account, you can sign up for membership below, or email bryan.klofas(at)sri.com to be directly added to the list.

• http://groups.google.com/group/cubesat-high-speed-downlink