HADES-R Spacecraft

FM repeater and low-power active radiator.

The main mission for HADES-R is to be a FM repeater. As there is a small empty space available, it will be used to carry an experiment by Smart IR/Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, GEIC University of Manchester (UK) consisting in a very low power active radiator to be tested on space conditions. The data for this experiment will be transmitted in a specific data packet in the telemetry. This experiment will be delivered to AMSAT EA for integration and will be operated by AMSAT-EA, being all its data public and open. HADES-R will offer licensed radio-amateur around the world the opportunity to relay FM voice and AX.25 / APRS 300 / 1200 bps communications. The satellite will also transmit telemetry with its status and voice and CW messages. This all will be achieved by implementing a SDR based FM and FSK repeater.

The FM / FSK repeater will be available all time and opened by squelch level without the need of a subtone. As a secondary mission, the satellite will carry an experiment by Smart IR/Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, GEIC University of Manchester (UK) consisting in a very low power active radiator to be tested on space conditions. Proposing a UHF downlink for FM voice, FSK data up to 1200 bps, APRS up to 1200 bps and FSK telemetry and experimental data up to 1600 bps and CW. Also a VHF uplink for the transponder.

SmartIR, a spin-out company from the University of Manchester's Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre. Launching aboard Alba Orbital's 8th flight campaign via SpaceX in NET Q4 2024, SmartIR's cutting-edge graphene experiment will ride on Hydra Space's HADES-R PocketQube, operated by AMSAT-EA. The HADES-R (AKA 'SmartSat') mission will test a low-power active graphene radiator in space to address critical satellite thermal challenges with graphene-based solutions.

HADES-R (AKA ‘SmartSat’) is a 1.5p PocketQube by Hydra Space Systems S.L., and operated by AMSAT-EA. Its primary objectives are to serve as an FM repeater for global radio amateur communications and to test an experimental low-power graphene radiator payload developed by SmartIR, a spin-out from the University of Manchester's Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre. 

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