[jamsat-news:3880] [ANS] ANS-123 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT Italia Enters Into the Ownership of IO-117 "GreenCube" Satellite

[Paul Stoetzer via ANS]

*AMSAT *News Service Special Bulletin*ANS-123*
*May 2, 2024*

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   - AMSAT Italia Enters Into the Ownership of IO-117 "GreenCube" Satellite

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AMSAT Italia Enters Into the Ownership of IO-117 "GreenCube" Satellite
Rome, April 30, 2024 - AMSAT Italia is proud to announce the acquisition of
the quote of property of the IO-117 “GreenCube” satellite. The other part
of the property remains on behalf of “Sapienza University”, Rome, Italy.

A collaborative work of the parts will let the satellite continue the
amateur radio operations after the completion of the primary scientific
mission. This will definitively avert the satellite decommissioning process
by transferring the legal responsibility of the satellite from the Italian
Space Agency to AMSAT Italia. Even formally and legally, the satellite,
already known with its original name of GreenCube, becomes for the
exclusive use of amateur radio. The scientific community continue the study
of the behavior of this type of satellite placed in MEO orbit.

GreenCube was designed and developed by Sapienza University, ENEA and
University of Naples Federico II for the Italian Space Agency. AMSAT Italia
contributed to design the digipeater and supported amateur radio
operations. IARU coordinated the use of the operations in the amateur radio
frequency bands.

The satellite was carried on the qualification flight of Vega-C launcher on
July 13, 2022 from the French Guiana Space Center in Kourou. On October 29,
2022, the on-board digipeater was activated, allowing GreenCube to become
the first ham radio satellite to operate in a MEO orbit. Being a radio
amateur worldwide success, AMSAT officially designated the satellite as
Italy-OSCAR 117 (IO-117).

AMSAT Italia and Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory -
S5LAB- are now committed to operate the satellite and to continue to offer
the service to the amateur radio community.

For further information please contact AMSAT Italia at segreteria at
amsat.it.

The original press release can be found at
https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AMSAT_Italia_acquires_the_IO-117_Greencube_satellite.pdf

*[ANS thanks AMSAT Italia for the above information]*
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*This week's ANS Contributing Editor,*

*Paul Stoetzer, N8HM*
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