[P-CG18] Future missions and instrumentation for space and planetary science

[PCG18-P02] Propagation Experiment using kurz-Above-band Radio in Low earth orbit (PEARL) CubeSats

*Chi-Kuang Chao¹, Wei-Rong Huang¹ (1.Department of Space Science and Engineering, National Central University)

Keywords:PEARL, KCP, CIP, CPL

PEARL (Propagation Experiment using kurz-Above-band radio in Low earth orbit) mission currently consists of two 6U XL CubeSats, named as PEARL-1C and PEARL-1H, integrated by National Central University (NCU) and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn) for educational training/scientific research on earth-space radio propagation channel experiments over Taiwan. Two payloads, a Ka-band communication payload (KCP) for broadband communication experiment and a Compact Ionospheric Probe (CIP) for ionospheric plasma measurement, will be installed on PEARL-1C. KCP is developed by Rapidtek Technologies and NCU to perform like a transponder, a transmitter, a transceiver, and a channel study with ground stations over Taiwan. CIP is an all-in-one in-situ ion sensor developed by NCU to measure global ionospheric ion concentration,velocity, and temperature. A Communication PayLoad (CPL) developed by Tron Future will be installed on PEARL-1H for broadband communication experiment with beam-steering phase array antenna. These two CubeSats are scheduled to launch in SpaceX Transporter-9 rideshare mission in 2023.