ERMINAZ

Berlin – December 6, 2022 – The Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) today announced the winners of the payload competition for micro-rockets at an event in Berlin. Accordingly, seven companies with a total payload of 136 kg will take off on the first flight of RFA ONE. No other supplier of Microlauncher has been entrusted by so many customers with payloads for the first flight. (Source: RFA.space)

Among the seven companies that will be on board the first flight of RFA ONE is the ERMINAZ mission of AMSAT-DL:

ERMINAZ Mission, AMSAT-Deutschland e.V., Germany

The proposed mission is a syndicated multi-PocketQube mission with a total of 7 PQs) under the leadership of AMSAT-Germany. The project involves several EU countries, the community of radio amateurs AMSAT-DL and AMSAT-EA (Spain), ESERO-Germany (Bochum Observatory), Libre Space Foundation (Greece) and other non-profit EU organizations or institutions. They work to develop open-source space technologies for educational purposes and to promote, advance and develop knowledge about space. The use of PocketQube technology will allow them to maximize the impact of the mission and involve multiple institutions, universities and teams.

ERMINAZ is a “PicoBus” deployer with 7 PocketQubes according to the PQ standard (1PQ = 50x50x50mm).

 

The individual PocketQubes (ERMINAZ-1)

PQ Satellite Name Owner Downlink
 SANA SCID
 Call
1P ERMINAZ-1U AMSAT-DL (Germany) 435.775 MHz 0x0016 DP0SAT
1P ERMINAZ-1V AMSAT-DL (Germany) 145.965 MHz 0x0025 DP1SAT
1.5P UNNE-1 (HADES-E) AMSAT-EA (Spain) 436.888 MHz AM1HAD
1.5P MARIA-G (HADES-F) AMSAT-EA (Spain) 436.666 MHz AM1HAD
1P QUBIK 5 Libre Space Foundation (Greece) 453.240 MHz 0x00F0
1P SIDLOC-PQ-1* Libre Space Foundation (Greece) 401.500 MHz none
1P SIDLOC-PQ-2* Libre Space Foundation (Greece) 401.500 MHz none

* SIDLOC (Spacecraft Identification and Localization) is a project funded by the European Space Agency on non-amateur frequencies

 

ERMINAZ-1U and ERMINAZ-1V

ERMINAZ-1 engineering model

Specification

  • PQ standard: 1PQ = 50 x 50 x 50 mm3
  • Mass: 250 g
  • Orbit: ~500 km, SSO, 97.6° inclination
  • Launch: not earlier than summer 2024
  • CCSDS telemetry, CW beacon, SSDV images, digipeater, S&F mailbox and possibly other modes
  • Radiation Sensor BG51
  • Bosch BNO055/08x triaxial accelerometer, triaxial gyroscope and magnetometer
  • ERMINAZ-1U operates on 435.775 MHz
  • ERMINAZ-1V operates on 145.965 MHz
  • Design based on LSF QUBIK (open source)
  • Repository: https://gitlab.com/amsat-dl
  • ERMINAZ-1U (UHF) and ERMINAZ-1V (VHF) IARU frequency coordination:
    https://iaru.amsat-uk.org/finished_detail.php?serialnum=968

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ERMINAZ-2

Completely unexpectedly and suddenly, another launch opportunity arose for three more of our ERMINAZ PocketQubes on a Rideshare (Transporter-14) with SpaceX. The launch is scheduled for Q2 2025 and the flight models must be ready for integration into the PocketQube deployer provided by the Libre Space Foundation by the end of February / beginning of March. Accordingly, only a few weeks remain for the production of the components, assembly, commissioning and testing of the three PocketQubes; our shortest satellite campaign ever! ERMINAZ-2U operates in the UHF band (435 MHz), while ERMINAZ-2V and ERMINAZ-2X transmit and receive in the VHF band (145 MHz).

 

Frequencies and call signs

The IARU has coordinated the frequencies for ERMINAZ-2U, -2V and -2X in the bands allocated for the amateur satellite service. These frequencies should only be used for amateur purposes. All frequencies in the amateur satellite service are shared frequencies.

PQ Satellite Name Owner Downlink
 SANA SCID
 Call
1P ERMINAZ-2U AMSAT-DL 435.900 MHz 0x0066 DP0PQA (tbc)
1P ERMINAZ-2V AMSAT-DL 145.920 MHz 0x0064 DP0PQB (tbc)
1P ERMINAZ-2X AMSAT-DL 145.960 MHz 0x004F DP0PQC (tbc)

 

ERMINAZ-2 Specification

The design of the satellites is identical to those of ERMINAZ-1U and ERMINAZ-1V (see specification above).

  • PQ standard: 1PQ = 50 x 50 x 50 mm3
  • Mass: 250 g
  • Orbit: perigee 500 km, apogee 600, SSO, 97° inclination, period 95 min.
  • Launch: O2 2025 with Falcon 9 from US.

 

 

Further information will follow …

Work on the project, including completion and flight acceptance, is currently in full swing and is taking up every spare minute of the ERMINAZ team’s time. All team members work on the project on a voluntary basis and as soon as time allows, we will continue to update this page – thank you for your understanding!

 

 

 

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