Name

Coconut

Satellite ID

KHLC-7600-9830-3399-2236

Temporary NORAD ID

98292

Followed NORAD ID

None

Website

https://asu-sdsl.github.io/coconut_ham.html

Country of Origin

United States of America

Launch Date

2026-04-11T11:41:00+00:00

Deploy Date

2026-07-02T10:30:00+00:00

Coconut is a 1U CubeSat developed by the Sun Devil Satellite Laboratory at Arizona State University as a part of NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative. It was launched to the ISS on the Cygnus NG-24 ISS resupply mission on April 11th. Deployed from the ISS on July 2nd at 10:30 AM UTC.

The primary mission of Coconut is to provide a digipeater service for amateurs using inexpensive, low-powered LoRa Modules. This will allow students at ASU and other amateur radio users to interact using inexpensive ground nodes. Coconut is being built 100% by students. It is a proof of concept that demonstrates the capabilities of students to build their own CubeSat. In addition, we will host a store and forward experiment, whereby amateurs can register on our project website, and then have data that they uplink, again using LoRa, captured at our ground station, and then forwarded by means of their choice to the specified recipient. The mission is oriented to students to engage in hands-on learning and experience with spacecraft hardware and radio transmission. It will also allow hams worldwide to utilize a standard digipeater function for the entire lifetime of the satellite, as well as give them the opportunity to participate in a store-and-forward experiment.