The launch of WISA Woodsat is delayed due to frequency licensing
(UPM, Helsinki, 15 October 2021 at 16:00 EEST) – WISA Woodsat’s target launch date has been postponed from the end of 2021 to first half of 2022 due to a change requirement in radio equipment. WISA Woodsat has been designed to cater for multiple missions from material science, space education and awareness to promoting and facilitating radio amateur communication with and via satellites. The radio system of the satellite has been designed for operating on the radio frequency spectrum dedicated for the radio amateurs. This part of the radio spectrum has been commonly used by the specific