FUNcube-1 engineering model stack with an antenna deployment simulatorArirang, a TV station in Korea, has broadcast an English language TV news item about CubeSats that features a brief clip of the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 CubeSat.

FUNcube-1 is planned to launch in 2013 and will provide an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications and a 1200 bps BPSK beacon for educational outreach.

A shot of the FUNcube-1 engineering model stack with an antenna deployment simulator attached can be seen 5 seconds into this video.


Watch Cube Satellite (Arirang TV)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZRDS6-D-o]