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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette student built CAPE 3
satellite was launched on January 17. A 1 U CubeSat, CAPE 3 includes
a digipeater and experimental UHF adaptive radio. An AX 25 telemetry
downlink has been coordinated on 145.825 MHz and a 1k2 frequency
shift keying, or FSK, downlink has been coordinated on 435.325 MHz,
which may burst to 100 kHz bandwidth, according to the IARU Amateur
Satellite Coordination page.  CAPE 3 is the third cube satellite in
the CAPE series. The primary educational mission is to allow grade
school classrooms to access the Smartphone CubeSat Classroom, and
run interactive experiments through an experimental smartphone
ground station grid.  The secondary mission is to perform scientific
experiments involving radiation detection and take pictures of
Earth.  The solar powered spacecraft, created by UL Lafayettes CAPE
Satellite Team, was launched with nine other CubeSats as part of
NASAs Educational Launch of Nanosatellites, or ELaNa, program. A
Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket attached beneath a wing of a
customized Boeing 747 was dropped high above the Pacific Ocean. It
climbed about 225 miles above Earth and then ejected the satellite.
Information on the ElaNa program can be found in PDF format at,
//www.nasa.gov/ .  The CAPE satellites are named for the universitys
Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment program, designed to prepare
students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics, STEM, fields.  Former ARRL Southwestern Division
Director Art Goddard, W6XD, of Costa Mesa, California, died on
February 13. An ARRL Life Member, he was 78. First licensed in 1956,
Goddard was an electrical engineering graduate of Worcester
Polytechnic Institute and Montana State University. He worked for
Collins Radio and later for Boeing, from which he retired as an
executive.  After several years working with local governments in
southern California on proposed antenna ordinances, he was elected
ARRL Southwestern Division Vice Director in 1995, serving two terms
before being elected Director in 2001. After retiring from the ARRL
Board, he continued to follow ARRL affairs and advocate for stronger
public relations on behalf of amateur radio.  Goddard was active on
the air from HF through microwaves. A member of the Southern
California Contest Club, he took part in contest DXpeditions to
locations ranging from subarctic to tropical, operating the CQ World
Wide DX Contest in 26 of the 40 CQ zones. He also headed teams of
VHF/UHF/microwave contest rovers.  Goddard was heavily involved with
the Costa Mesa Historical Society and was co author of two books on
Costa Mesa history.

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