Hi Jean-François
Thanks for your suggestions. Still not working. I have even moved the
doppler.sql
file from the DATA_Repair directory. Also I have removed all the entries except
one, just in case there is an error in one of the lines I am not using. My
Doppler.SQF file is shown below.
I'm a
The space and mass required for the fuel and attitude control system would be
prohibitve. CubeSats are better solution for a communications satellite as you
get 10 years of 20 minute passes rather than 3 weeks of 10 minute passes. A 3U
CubeSat might barely have enough space for an engine, attitu
However, the IC-7800 doesn't stop working after 3 weeks.
73,
John
KD6OZH
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From: "Jeff Davis"
To: "AMSAT BB"
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 14:19 UTC
Subject: [amsat-bb] Your Own Personal Satellite
For MUCH less than the price of an IC-7800...
"Planet Earth has en
You might have noticed several messages that just came through to AMSAT-BB
after delays of up to a few days. Sorry about that. I was unexpectedly away
from any usable internet connection and couldn't keep up with the usual
maintenance work for the mailing list.
73 -Paul
kb...@amsat.org
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Space-Track doesn't appear to have seen BEVO.
Was it physically seperate from Dragonsat or on the same spaceframe?
Karla Vega wrote:
> The University of Texas at Austin deployed BEVO1 in space on July 30, 2009
> at 7:27 AM CDT via the STS-127 Space Shuttle Picosatellite Launcher (SSPL).
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It had some problems, but the ground controllers were able to get it working
again.
IIRC, it was something to do with the batteries, and being eclipsed.
Jim KQ6EA
--- On Sat, 8/1/09, John Geiger wrote:
From: John Geiger
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO29 question
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Date: Saturday
The University of Texas at Austin deployed BEVO1 in space on July 30, 2009
at 7:27 AM CDT via the STS-127 Space Shuttle Picosatellite Launcher (SSPL).
We appreciate anyone who can help us tracking BEVO1!
BEVO1 Downlink Information:
Beacon Mode
Downlink Freq: 437.325 MHz
Modulation: FM, 200mW, Mo
Hi Ivan,
On the first orbit over Copenhagen we managed to hear a number of packets,
but none could be decoded directly. After turning off the error check I
managed to dig out this single packet:
UI POLLUX-1 -> CQ P/F:0 PID: F0
SYST 1089 0 0 33 0 0006 0760 0021 0740 0011 0690 01ad 0a20 000a 0768
Heard what sounded like packet on 145.825 at 15:34 utc here in NJ.
> From: david.bar...@dbelectronics.co.uk
> To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org; sa...@amsat.org
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:47:55 +0100
> Subject: [sarex] ISS UK Pass 14.35utc
>
> Frequency has been changed to 145.825MHz.
>
> Still transmitt
More packet on 145.825 at 17:11 utc
> From: n2...@msn.com
> To: david.bar...@dbelectronics.co.uk; amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org; sa...@amsat.org
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:51:46 -0400
> Subject: [sarex] Re: ISS UK Pass 14.35utc
>
>
> Heard what sounded like packet on 145.825 at 15:34 utc here in NJ.
>
>
Several years ago I purchased some of the little plastic element insulator
buttons and metal washer finger clamps used to secure the elements in my
homebrew VHF and UHF yagi antennas from a company called C3i. They made and
sold antennas and all the parts to make your own or repair an antenna.
I ca
1k2: fm POLLUX-1 to CQ via TELEM ctl UI pid=F0(Text) len 100 12:40:25
MEMS 65802 11.440 11.440 9.668 -0.224 0.114 4.119 -3.27 17.48 4.
0040 08 16.19 16.66 16.39 2.60 4 18 48 ..
It doesn't seem to have made the APRS-IS though, I must check my
xastir setup when I get home.
de John
EI7IG
For MUCH less than the price of an IC-7800...
"Planet Earth has entered the age of the Personal Satellite with the
introduction of Interorbital’s TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit.
The new IOS TubeSat PS Kit is the low-cost alternative to the CubeSat.
It has three-quarters of the mass (0.7
The same over Spain, during the 13:00 utc pass...
Kr,
Fran
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De: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] En nombre
de David Barber
Enviado el: lunes, 03 de agosto de 2009 13:45
Para: sa...@amsat.org; amsat-bb@amsat.org
CC: 'Kenneth, N5VHO'
Asunto: [
I just want to take a moment to thank a number of folks that have
been adding much enjoyment to my satellite operations lately.
Yesterday I found an envelope in my mailbox with a bunch of QSLs
from Jim (ND9M) confirming QSOs in 13 different grid squares with 6
of them "new ones" for me along t
I have been off the satellites and the amsat reflector for a little over a
year, but put up a dualband yagi yesterday and have already been having a blast
getting back on the sats. I am sorry if this question has been covered
recently on the reflector.
I had a nice QSO today on FO29. I seem t
I received my QSL card from the K5E event in the mail today... and I realized
that some Thanks are in order.
I have never put together an event but from my limited experience in activating
grids - it's a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun. Special thanks to Tim
Lilley, N3TL for organizin
Again, data collected on autopilot through the day; timestamp is EDT
(UTC-4)
Fm POLLUX-1 To CQ Via TELEM [11:31:42]
SYST 338877 0 0 33 0 000d 1288 0185 11a8 002a 1170 0015 0bf0 0009 0ae8
0154 08d0 0fbc 003c
Fm POLLUX-1 To CQ Via TELEM [11:32:22]
MEMS 338910 2.58 2.56 2.45 17.665 17.11
I agree, the ITAR rules are outrageous and have done more harm than good to the
U.S.. I received the following from a "Satellite Today" newsletter. It doesn't
specifically talk about ITAR but indicates there may be a glimmer of hope when
dealing with launches through ISRO...Howie AB2S
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And don't forget to start SatPC32 after editing the doppler file.
Le 3 août 2009 15:08, Jean-François Ménard a écrit :
> Ho yes probably easier to solve that way. I got this problem
> yesterday when editing my doppler file. The problem is your doppler
> file Check if you did not change the
Ho yes probably easier to solve that way. I got this problem
yesterday when editing my doppler file. The problem is your doppler
file Check if you did not change the ACSII format of the file. Be
sure to use colon , and not coma . to seperate each parameter. an
example of a line in my do
Keep in mind that ISS, PCSAT-1 and the ANDE-2 satellites are all transmitting
packet on 145.825 and can be in proximity of each other. www.ariss.net shows no
packet activity from ISS in over 4 days.
I've posted an SSTV report (such as it was) to http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/.
Hopefully the ex
Henk,
the problem is that the assignment changed on spacetrack.org. If you use the
"old" TLE and the objects belongs to this TLE the confusion is complete.
Your old E is now D... etc.
old C -> now F
old D -> now C
old F -> now G
old G -> now E
It's not the first time that happens!
I tracked wi
Using Object G as posted by Nigel Sunday (Aug 2nd)
and freq 145.827 (plus doppler correction over that),
I have todays results as below.
At the start/end of a pass mostly POLLUX, and in the middle mostly Castor
Most likely this has to do with difference in freq and the sats moving out.
Anyone a m
It would be great to see another launch facility available.
I am not aware that they have any track record so it may be a while before they
achieve a reliable launch capability.
The big drawback at present is that the website says the Tubes would re-enter
the atmosphere after a few weeks.. T
Here's what Space-Track thinks:
DRAGONSAT
1 35690U 09038B 09215.57409835 .00019277 0-0 10214-3 056
2 35690 051.6405 063.3102 0005165 097.3353 262.8249 15.80576396 641
ANDE DEB (POLLUX CYL
1 35691U 09038C 09214.87936152 +.00030913 +0-0 +16367-3 0 00040
2 35691 051.6394 066.9196
DRAGONSAT
1 35690U 09038B 09214.94184190 +.00018958 +0-0 +10063-3 0 00136
2 35690 051.6402 066.5897 0005132 094.2569 265.9015 15.80550111000544
OBJECT C
1 35691U 09038C 09214.87936152 +.00030913 +0-0 +16367-3 0 00040
2 35691 051.6394 066.9196 0003238 042.4016 317.7204 15.8027866506
That matches what I was tracking at least on Pollux. I tried 09038F
yesterday and never got clear signal.
Ivan
Mike Rupprecht wrote:
> . after the last two passes now I am pretty sure with the assignment
>
>
> CASTOR
> 1 35695U 09038G 09214.62699302 .00023572 0-0 12777-3 0 44
> 2 35695 051.
Frequency has been changed to 145.825MHz.
Still transmitting 30 seconds of silent carrier at 3 minute intervals.
David
G8OQW
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. after the last two passes now I am pretty sure with the assignment
CASTOR
1 35695U 09038G 09214.62699302 .00023572 0-0 12777-3 0 44
2 35695 051.6418 068.2403 0004351 048.6343 311.4991 15.79927223 464
POLLUX
1 35693U 09038E 09214.62668842 .00017764 0-0 96621-4 0 44
2 35693 051.6406 068.2
My keps are direct from Space-Track a couple of times a day.
David Barber wrote:
> Yes, exactly the same as yours and as the amsat file.
>
> Both PCsat32 and HRD calculate same AOS & LOS but signal remains audible
> after predicted LOS.
>
> There appears to be a difference between the amsat.org
Helps to post the address.
https://goby.nrl.navy.mil/ANDE
Ivan
Ivan Galysh wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I updated the website and have all the telemetry information updated
> with equations where needed. I'm sure there will be more info I need to
> post. That will come as I get time.
>
> Ivan
>
>
Hello all,
I updated the website and have all the telemetry information updated
with equations where needed. I'm sure there will be more info I need to
post. That will come as I get time.
Ivan
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Yes, exactly the same as yours and as the amsat file.
Both PCsat32 and HRD calculate same AOS & LOS but signal remains audible
after predicted LOS.
There appears to be a difference between the amsat.org (amateur.txt) and
celestrak (nasabare.txt) files.
-Original Message-
From: Nigel Gu
Same here during the 13.20 UTC pass.Very strong carrier 59 +20db and it was
59 even after LOS.
73's
Nitin [VU3TYG]
- Original Message
From: david.bar...@dbelectronics.co.uk
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org , sa...@amsat.org
Cc: 'Kenneth, N5VHO'
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS UK Pass 13.00utc
D
David.
Do there agree with your "latest keps"?
ISS (ZARYA)
1 25544U 98067A 09213.83477708 +.00133469 +0-0 +92643-3 0 03334
2 25544 051.6394 072.4795 0007331 277.0111 189.2970 15.73478508613146
David Barber wrote:
>
> Latest Keps would appear to be wrong, a signal being received nearly 1
Sadly, same again, approximately 30 seconds of silent carrier at 3 minute
intervals.
Latest Keps would appear to be wrong, a signal being received nearly 1
minute after predicted LOS on this and previous pass.
David
G8OQW
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The blurb says the transceiver is in the 902-928MHz or 2.4-2.4835.GHz bands to
a dipole antenna.
Greg Beat wrote:
transceiver,
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Seems like this Mojave, CA group already has a transmitter design in the
amateur radio spectrum!
http://spacefellowship.com/2009/08/01/interorbital-syatems-tubesat-personal-satellite-kit/
Each TubeSat kit includes the satellite’s structural components, safety
hardware, solar panels, batteries,
DRAGONSAT
1 35690U 09038B 09213.93020941 +.00019147 +0-0 +10178-3 0 00292
2 35690 051.6399 071.8356 0005119 091.0440 269.1149 15.80510826000381
POLLUX
1 35694U 09038F 09215.06972887 .9792 0-0 55347-4 054
2 35694 051.6415 065.9456 0004201 048.5610 311.5753 15.79912417 536
Hi,
Do you see the uplink and downlink frequencies displayed properly in
the upper center of SatPC32 screen when you choose a satellite or you
do not see nothing ???
2009/8/3 Jim Heck :
> Hi Folks,
>
> Wonder if anyone can help me? I am running SATPC ver 12.8 under Win XP. In
> the
> past I ha
ISS system is keying up every 3 minutes as expected but no data transmitted,
silent carrier only. Carrier remains keyed up for 30 seconds then drops.
Signal is very strong suggesting a high power output is selected.
David
G8OQW
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Hi Folks,
Wonder if anyone can help me? I am running SATPC ver 12.8 under Win XP. In the
past I have had great success with controlling my radio (an ICOM 910H) but
recently
the control has stopped for no apparant reason.
When I press the C+ button the radio goines into Sat mode OK, but the
Hello Roland,
Congratulations for your ISSTV photo.
Upload your photo also here, please:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/
--
73
Fabiano Moser CR7/PY5RX
ARISS-PORTUGAL (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station)
Representative at Teleconference and Portugal Telebridge Coordinator.
A
Received SSTV picture at 09:37 UTC in Sete Lagoas, Brasil, 2009-AUG-03:
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite/sstv_via_sat.htm#2
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Not an AMSAT-NA mem
09:54 UTC - only a half image then carrier but no image data on 145.800 MHz
09:57 UTC - only strong carrier - no data
See image here: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=26
73, Mike
DK3WN
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My station is running un-attended today (remotely operated).
- using object G
- freq: 145.827 (centered inbetween Castor & Pollux)
Result:
It decoded & Igated two Pollux packets during the recent, only 9 degrees, pass.
-->> better result as before so far
Henk, PA3GUO
http://www.pa3guo.com
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Hi Gould,
Thanks for the update and keeping AO-51 in working order.
73,
Jeff WB3JFS
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From: "Gould Smith"
To:
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 5:04 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 update
> AO-51 is in 'normal' mode with both 70cm TXs operational.
>
> FM repeater V/
Greetings,
Yes, I think they are very much for real! Interorbital Systems are
also part of team SYNERGY MOON, a fully registered team in the Google
Lunar X PRIZE.
I can only see a price of $8k (not 4k). Still a bargain compared to
the price of a cubesat launch today (~$80k I think). The 8k
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