| Satellite | QMR-KWT_2 (QMR-KWT-2) |
|---|---|
| Form factor | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Status | Operational? (Heard by PE0SAT as of 2025-12-31) |
| Launched | 2025-12-28 |
| NORAD ID | ? |
| Deployer | 12U Deployer [Aerospace Capital] |
| Launcher | Sojuz |
| Entity name | Orbital Space |
| Institution | Company |
| Entity type | Commercial |
| Nation | Kuwait |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by Sputnix |
| Oneliner |
Amateur radio mission with a camera. |
| Description |
The CubeSat project is 1U in size. QMR-KWT 2 mission, is an amateur radio mission. CubeSat QMR-KWT 2 as a payload is equipped with an FM transponder voice messaging for amateur radio purposes. The project team hopes in this way to attract young people to the amateur radio hobby, as the equipment for radio communication via satellite FM transponder is not difficult to make and not expensive, which should contribute to easy learning of satellite radio communication and develop further interest. In addition, the cubesat is equipped with a miniature camera for taking pictures of the ground and transmitting them to ground stations for everyone to see. The possibility of transmitting images via SSTV protocol is realised. In addition, this project will allow high school students, university students and radio amateurs to receive telemetry data and images via an open protocol from Earth orbit. Additional goals of the project are to acquire images of various orbiting objects. Amateur radio operators can make short amateur radio calls using the FM transponder on board. Amateur radio operators can receive Cubesat photos and SSTV images. |
| Sources | [1] [2] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
| On the same launch |
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Last modified: 2026-01-04
