These are the only two I could get last night. Fm KE7EGC To UNDEF Via TELEM <UI pid=F0 Len=64 >[22:55:45] NanoSailD.org 8C0F0000A21400000004008A890200004939C37ACFC0000000
Fm KE7EGC To UNDEF Via TELEM <UI pid=F0 Len=64 >[22:55:56] NanoSailD.org 8C0F0000A31400000004008A880200004939C37ACFC0000000 Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jan 20, 2011 10:39 AM, "Wouter Weggelaar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just tracked a pass over Delft (PA-land) of nanosail-d > Sounds like ordinary 1200BPS AFSK to me. > Tomorrow I will have a TNC connected in monitor mode + maybe the TH-D7. > I've used the tracking yagi's of the ISIS ground station. > > I expect the beacon to be UI frames. Their website does not say so on > the front page. > However, they have hidden a PDF away on the data submission page. > Direct link: http://beacon.engr.scu.edu/BeaconProcessingSystem/NanoSailDBeaconDecoding.pdf > Additionally, Bob is right, there is NO bitrade or modulation type in > this document. > > 73s > > Wouter Weggelaar > PA3WEG > > > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Bob Bruninga <[email protected]> wrote: >> Would someone pass back to the FASTSAT and NANOSAT folks that they should >> tell us what we are listening for? AX.25? 1200 baud, 9600 baud? CW? What >> are we listening for? >> >> I just had an overhead pass, but by the time I went through all their web >> pages and links, I found NOTHING useful. By the time I gave up, and got >> back to the radio, I really missed the whole pass. >> >> Bob, Wb4APR >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Dave Taylor >> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:24 PM >> To: amsat >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: NanoSail-D Ejects; NASA Seeks Amateur Radio >> Operators' Aid to Listen for Beacon Signal >> >> For those interested... >> >> -- Dave, W8AAS >> >> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> RELEASE: 11-009 >>> >>> NANOSAIL-D EJECTS; NASA SEEKS AMATUER RADIO OPERATORS' AID TO LISTEN >>> FOR >>> BEACON SIGNAL >>> >>> HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 a.m. EST, engineers at >>> Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that the >>> NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific and >>> Technology Satellite, FASTSAT. The ejection event occurred >>> spontaneously >>> and was identified this morning when engineers at the center analyzed >>> onboard FASTSAT telemetry. The ejection of NanoSail-D also has been >>> confirmed by ground-based satellite tracking assets. >>> >>> Amateur ham operators are asked to listen for the signal to verify >>> NanoSail-D is operating. This information should be sent to the >>> NanoSail-D dashboard at: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm. >>> The NanoSail-D beacon signal can be found at 437.270 MHz. >>> >>> The NanoSail-D science team is hopeful the nanosatellite is healthy >>> and >>> can complete its solar sail mission. After ejection, a timer within >>> NanoSail-D begins a three-day countdown as the satellite orbits the >>> Earth. Once the timer reaches zero, four booms will quickly deploy and >>> the NanoSail-D sail will start to unfold to a 100-square-foot polymer >>> sail. Within five seconds the sail fully unfurls. >>> >>> "This is great news for our team. We're anxious to hear the beacon >>> which >>> tells us that NanoSail-D is healthy and operating as planned," said >>> Dean >>> Alhorn, NanoSail-D principal investigator and aerospace engineer at >>> the >>> Marshall Center. "The science team is hopeful to see that NanoSail-D >>> is >>> operational and will be able to unfurl its solar sail." >>> >>> On Dec. 6,, 2010, NASA triggered the planned ejection of NanoSail-D >>> from >>> FASTSAT. At that time, the team confirmed that the door successfully >>> opened and data indicated a successful ejection. Upon further >>> analysis, >>> no evidence of NanoSail-D was identified in low-Earth orbit, leading >>> the >>> team to believe NanoSail-D remained inside FASTSAT. >>> >>> The FASTSAT mission has continued to operate as planned with the five >>> other scientific experiments operating nominally. >>> >>> "We knew that the door opened and it was possible that NanoSail-D >>> could >>> eject on its own," said Mark Boudreaux, FASTSAT project manager at the >>> Marshall Center. "What a pleasant surprise this morning when our >>> flight >>> operations team confirmed that NanoSail-D is now a free flyer." >>> If the deployment is successful, NanoSail-D will stay in low-Earth >>> orbit >>> between 70 and 120 days, depending on atmospheric conditions. >>> NanoSail-D >>> is designed to demonstrate deployment of a compact solar sail boom >>> system that could lead to further development of this alternative >>> solar >>> sail propulsion technology and FASTSAT's ability to eject a >>> nano-satellite from a micro-satellite - while avoiding re-contact with >>> the FASTSAT satellite bus. >>> >>> Follow the NanoSail-D mission operation on Twitter at: >>> http://twitter.com/nanosaild >>> >>> For additional information on the timeline of the NanoSail-D >>> deployment >>> visit: >>> http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/501204main_NSD2_timeline_sequence.pdf >>> >>> To learn more about FASTSAT and the NanoSail-D missions visit: >>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats >>> >>> -end- >>> >>> News release >>> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2011/11-009.html >>> >>> >>> For releases sent directly to you, contact: [email protected]. >>> >>> Marshall Space Flight Center >>> Public Affairs Department >>> 256-544-0034 >>> 256-544-5852 (fax) >>> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news >>> >>> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall community on >>> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr: >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter >>> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/sets >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via [email protected]. 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