There will be 4 CubeSat’s on the upcoming Artemis II launch:
They will be injected into an 185 x 74.080 km HEO orbit and need to raise perigee with an propulsion system, otherwise they will re-enter and burn-up.
All of the CubeSat’s on Artemis II will only operate in S-Band:
TECHELES:
ATENEA:
SWC-1
K-RADCUBE
@db2os thanks for the info, I’ve move your post to this new thread to discuss the ARTEMIS II Mission.
A related link with the mission posted in the #satnogs matrix channel yesterday by @EelkeVisser
the biggest show this year
I am interested in the Artemis II Mission. The mission will do a fly by of the Moon with a crew of 4 people! Artemis will fly a figure 8 orbit. See this animation:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20412/
A more detailed time line can be found here:
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/artemis-ii-overview-timeline-public-final.pdf
The flight consists of 3 orbits. The first will take around 1 hour 50 minutes and looks like a eccentric LEO orbit with a inclination of 30 degrees. After this one the Apogee wil be raised to a 23.5 hour eccentric orbit. Next the another burn will send the space craft towards the moon. This round trip will take about 8 days.
I would love to recieve it just as the already mentioned list of volunteers who will do this for NASA. Previously I have received Blue Ghost and Intuitive Machines 2 missions and that showed that receiving Moon missions with a small dish is possible.
The previous mission Artemis 1 was on 2216.5 MHz, does any one know the frequency for Artemis II? Can anyone find it up on the itu website? The crewed module might be named ORION.
Thanks for the additional information @EelkeVisser
I will also be following this mission and try to received signals.
At the moment again trying to get GMAT up and running on Ubuntu.
Jan | PE0SAT
Here is the calendar with launch opportunities:
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/artemis-ii-mission-availability.pdf
First option is 2026-02-07 at 02:41 UTC.
Launch site: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, LC-39B
ORION MPCV II, USA
Thanks for the link @elly
It shows among others a frequency band of 2214 to 2219 Mhz. The centre is 2216.5 Mhz, just as Artemis 1 used.
The receiving will be difficult for stations in the Northern hemisphere. I am located in the Netherlands and the Moon will only be 8 degrees above the horizon around the 11th Feb, when Artemis should pass behind the moon. I have my doubts if the moon will rise above the neighboring houses. Assuming the launch will happen at the first possible date.
Horizons On-Line System News
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/news.html
Jan 26, 2026:
– ARTEMIS II will be added to Horizons when a launch date & time is
available. This will likely be after a successful Wet Dress Rehearsal
at the end of January but no later than Feb 2.
Hi I just found this document that shows some numbers on the orbits.
