FUNcube-1 is a complete educational single CubeSat project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics and was launched form Russia on 21st November 2013.
FUNcube-2 on UKube comprises of a set of FUNcube boards that will fly as part of the separate UKube triple cubesat and has identical goals. It is expected to be launched on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur in Q1 2014
They will support the educational Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) initiatives presently underway in the UK and around the world.
The target audience consists of primary and secondary school pupils and the FUNcubes will feature a 145 MHz telemetry beacon that will provide a strong signal for the pupils to receive.
A simple receiver board has also been developed. The FUNcube dongle connects to the USB port of a laptop to display telemetry and messages in an visually interesting and stimulating way.
The satellites will contain a materials science experiment, from which the school students can receive telemetry data which they can compare to the results they obtained from similar reference experiments in the classroom.
FUNcube is the first CubeSat project that will benefit this group.
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