F-1 (satellite)

F-1 is a CubeSat built by FSpace laboratory at FPT University, in Hanoi, Vietnam, in partnership with Angstrom Space Technology Center (ASTC), Uppsala University, Sweden and Nanoracks LLC, United States.

Its mission is to train young engineers and students about aerospace engineering and evaluate an advanced three-axis magnetometer, Spin-Dependent Tunneling Magnetometer (SDTM) designed in Sweden by ASTC.

[4] F-1 was launched on 21 July 2012 and delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) along with the RAIKO, WE WISH, Niwaka and TechEdSat-1 cubesats.

Backup UHF channel (only operational in daylight): Pulse-Width-Modulation Morse code telemetry beacon 2.

Main VHF channel (operational during night time but may be turned on in daylight later) F-1's KISS packet format Note:

CubeSats deployed to orbit from the International Space Station on 4 October 2012 (from left: TechEdSat-1 , F-1 and Niwaka ).
F-1 and companion CubeSats at Tsukuba Space Center , June 2012
Memorial pins on F-1 resize