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LunART- Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder

Posted: 10 Jul 2020 06:17 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2020/07/10/luna...o-transponder/




The European Space Agency (ESA) website has published a proposal by radio
amateurs from AMSAT-DL for LunART (Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder): a
Communications Platform on the Large European Lander to support
communication and payload experiments.

Peter Gülzow DB2OS and Matthias Bopp DD1US say a LunART Communications
Platform on the Large European Lander will support direct communication
with earth through amateur radio frequencies in the microwave bands,
support University and Student Payloads with direct access to their
experiments, allow Radio Science for a huge community of radio amateur
operators and scientists worldwide. It would also provide an important
back-up communication capability and capacity during emergency or when ESA
network is busy, for example during non-critical times.

Read the proposal at
https://ideas.esa.int/servlet/hype/I...76fb6b572ee6c5