Update: If launch is successful, deployment will be in T+10 or so, a fairly rapid deployment! First transmissions shortly thereafter! I think that means a lucky radio station over which the spacecraft will be flying (possibly, Pacific Rim/US West Coast) will be getting first transmission shortly (in five/six hours) from now. http://spaceflightnow.com/antares/demo/launchtimeline.html Remember the birds are sequenced: I love their names, Alexander Graham Bell
Google's search on Alexander Graham Bell<https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&gs_rn=9&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=h_X6SRYSBLG9YQDcKj46Sg&cp=21&gs_id=24&xhr=t&q=alexander+graham+bell&es_nrs=true&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=alexander+graham+bell&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45368065,d.dmQ&fp=35a609f5c41a95ed&ion=1&biw=1280&bih=899> The two PhoneSat 1.0 satellites, Graham and Bell, transmit with a > periodicity of respectively 28 seconds and 30 seconds. The PhoneSat 2.0 > beta satellite, Alexander, transmit with a periodicity of 25 seconds. 73 de N3RDX Tip: Register your ham station/radio station at http://www.phonesat.org also a tip from the Phonesat team: You need to decode the sound to Ascii first. If you can do this, then use > the decoder from the website. > If not, just send us the Audio and we will do it. > The Phonesat Decoder is accessible online from the website, nothing to > download. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Samudra Haque <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 10:58 AM Subject: Fwd: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [Tracking] PhoneSat launch April 17th! 437.425MHz To: Amsat-bb <[email protected]> Hello AMSAT community some hams have requested information about the upcoming Phonesat mission telemetry format. This is a challenging objective for those who can track and monitor: there are 3 satellites being deployed from the same P-POD and will be released within moments of each other. The systems are timed to not overlap individual station transmissions, so in a single pass, all three should be heard. For any technical questions, please contact the POC, Oriol Tintore of Phonesat. His contact info is below. 73 de N3RDX Oriol Tintore > Aerospace Engineer > PhoneSat Project, NASA Ames Research Center > c: 650-215-0376 > o: 650-604-2710 > [email protected] >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Wolfe, Jasper Lewis. (ARC-RD)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. >> (SGT Inc.)] <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [Tracking] PhoneSat launch April 17th! 437.425MHz >> Cc: "Guillen Salas, Alberto (ARC-SST)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. >> (SGT Inc.)]" <[email protected]**>, "Tintore Gazulla, Oriol >> (ARC-TH)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.)]" < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> Hello CubeSats and Amateur Radio Operators! >> >> The very first PhoneSat’s will be launching aboard the Antares on April >> 17 >> th at 1700 EDT (launch window to April 19th possibly further). We have >> manifested 2x PhoneSat 1.0 and 1x PhoneSat 2.0 Beta.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> Our orbit is very low (270km x 300km 51.6deg) and we’ll only be up there >> for 2 weeks! So we’re looking for as many people as possible to help with >> tracking our satellites!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> If any of you are interested in tracking the satellite please let myself >> (+the cc’d team) know – your help will be greatly appreciated! **** >> >> ** ** >> >> All three satellites will be transmitting on *437.425MHz* and TLE’s + more >> info can be found at www.phonesat.org – consolidated info sheet >> attached.*** >> * >> >> ** ** >> >> Feel free to tune-in and submit packets to www.phonesat.org **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cheers!**** >> >> PhoneSat Project**** >> >> NASA ARC**** >> >> ** ** >> >>
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