AENEAS Telemetry 13-10-2013

AENEAS Telemetry 13-10-2013 18:53 UTC
Max elevation 53 degree, azimuth between 237 – 043 degrees.

AENEAS Raw AX25 frames:

1:Fm KE6YFA-1 To CQ Via TELEM  [20:54:25R]
4341455255531D0040020009030B0616342837050000001000F075000070130049C062D941F1E1
1:Fm KE6YFA-1 To CQ Via TELEM  [20:54:44R]
4341455255531D0040020009030B0616350037050000001000F075000070130049C062D941202F
1:Fm KE6YFA-1 To CQ Via TELEM  [20:55:04R]
4341455255531D0040020009030B0616351437050000001000F075000070130049C062D941F6D7
1:Fm KE6YFA-1 To CQ Via TELEM  [20:55:24R]
4341455255531D0040020009030B0616352837050000001000F075000070130049C062D9419DD6

AENEAS Decoder output:

AENEAS Beacon Data Decoder, Rev 1.1
Opening file at input.txt
AENEAS Beacon TLM Packet found:
---------TELEMETRY-BEGIN----------
Total length: 29
Type:64
Unused: 0x02 0x00 
Time: 9/3/11-6-22:52:40
Reboots: 1335
Last Reboot Cause: 0
Flash Status: 0
Bit 0 = 0 : Device is ready.
Bit 1 = 0 : Device is NOT write-enabled.
Bit3&4= 1 : All sectors software-protected.
Bit 4 = 0 : WP is asserted.
Bit 5 = 0 : Last op successful.
Bit 7 = 0 : Sector Protection Registers unlocked.
Payload Write Pointer: 1273856
Telemetry Pointer: 7729152
Radio Status: 73
No detailed Radio info yet
Misc Write Pointer: 1104765632
---------TELEMETRY-END----------

AENEAS Telemetry 08-10-2013

AENEAS Telemetry 08-10-2013 19:10 UTC

AENEAS SDR 08-10-2013 19:10UTC

AX25 packet format:

1:Fm KE6YFA-1 To CQ Via TELEM  [21:11:16R]
4341455255531D00400200081D0B0117090037050000001000F075000070130049C062D941C74E

Decoder format:

AENEAS Beacon Data Decoder, Rev 1.1
Opening file at TLM_08-10-2013_1910UTC.txt
AENEAS Beacon TLM Packet found:
---------TELEMETRY-BEGIN----------
Total length: 29
Type:64
Unused: 0x02 0x00 
Time: 8/29/11-1-23:9:0
Reboots: 1335
Last Reboot Cause: 0
Flash Status: 0
Bit 0 = 0 : Device is ready.
Bit 1 = 0 : Device is NOT write-enabled.
Bit3&4= 1 : All sectors software-protected.
Bit 4 = 0 : WP is asserted.
Bit 5 = 0 : Last op successful.
Bit 7 = 0 : Sector Protection Registers unlocked.
Payload Write Pointer: 1273856
Telemetry Pointer: 7729152
Radio Status: 73
No detailed Radio info yet
Misc Write Pointer: 1104765632
---------TELEMETRY-END----------

Telemetry decoding May 12 2013

12-05-2013 14:51 UTC O/OREOS

14:51:01 KF6JBP/TELEM>UNDEF>UI,C,F0 (1201 baud):
OOREOS.org    E7E3DA033C00330200A30131022C0054050D5F094300204B46
14:51:06 KF6JBP/TELEM>UNDEF>UI,C,F0 (1201 baud):
OOREOS.org    ECE3DA000F0051021FE4020102000286010D5F094300204B46
14:51:11 KF6JBP/TELEM>UNDEF>UI,C,F0 (1201 baud):
OOREOS.org    F1E3DA01BB023C0271FC013300A600CF090D5F094300204B46
14:51:16 KF6JBP/TELEM>UNDEF>UI,C,F0 (1201 baud):
OOREOS.org    F6E3DA02BC003C02A70000A301AD059A000D5F094300204B46

OOREOS TLE 11-05-2013 14:51 UTC

12-05-2013 15:35 UTC AENEAS

AENEAS TLM 12-05-2013 15:35 UTC

15:35:59 KE6YFA-1/TELEM>CQ>UI,?,F0 (1199 baud):
4341455255531D0040020004020B0613191408050000001000F07500007013004900398341A4A7
15:36:19 KE6YFA-1/TELEM>CQ>UI,?,F0 (1199 baud):
4341455255531D0040020004020B0613192808050000001000F07500007013004900398341CFA6
15:36:39 KE6YFA-1/TELEM>CQ>UI,?,F0 (1199 baud):
4341455255531D0040020004020B06131A0008050000001000F07500007013004900398341C606
AENEAS Beacon Data Decoder, Rev 1.1
Opening file at 29-04-2013-TLM.txt
AENEAS Beacon TLM Packet found:
---------TELEMETRY-BEGIN----------
Total length: 29
Type:64
Unused: 0x02 0x00 
Time: 3/20/11-0-23:44:0
Reboots: 1287
Last Reboot Cause: 0
Flash Status: 0
Bit 0 = 0 : Device is ready.
Bit 1 = 0 : Device is NOT write-enabled.
Bit3&4= 1 : All sectors software-protected.
Bit 4 = 0 : WP is asserted.
Bit 5 = 0 : Last op successful.
Bit 7 = 0 : Sector Protection Registers unlocked.
Payload Write Pointer: 1867520
Telemetry Pointer: 7729152
Radio Status: 73
No detailed Radio info yet
Misc Write Pointer: 1106647872
---------TELEMETRY-END----------

12-05-2013 17:02 UTC AAUSat-3

What a signal, wouldn’t it be great if they had an amateur radio payload that we could use.

AAUSat-3 TLM 12-05-2013 17:03 UTC

12-05-2013 20:12 UTC CO-65

CO65 12-05-2013 20:12 UTC

HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CC A6 96 3C 27 24 81 4F 34 17 
HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CC A8 97 3C 27 24 78 50 34 17 
HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CC A9 98 3C 27 24 78 51 34 17

CO65 TLE 12-05-2013 20:12 UTC

Aeneas Telemetry April 24

Aeneas Model24-04-2013 14:31, 16:12 and 18:00 UTC

I know it is already a couple of days old but it was still parked on my desktop and now it was time to decode these telemetry data from Aeneas. The data is decoded with the jar file from USC University of Southern California.

RAW AX25 data:

16:31:25 KE6YFA-1/TELEM>CQ>UI,?,F0 (1199 baud):
4341455255531D00400200030F0B0214130007050000001000F07500007F1C0049401BF6416E6B
16:31:45 KE6YFA-1/TELEM>CQ>UI,?,F0 (1199 baud):
4341455255531D00400200030F0B0214131407050000001000F07500007F1C0049401BF641B893
16:32:05 KE6YFA-1/TELEM>CQ>UI,?,F0 (1199 baud):
4341455255531D00400200030F0B0214132807050000001000F07500007F1C0049401BF641D392

Decode the data with the following java program:

java -jar BeaconDecoder.jar input-file.txt

Then the output looks like this:

AENEAS Beacon Data Decoder, Rev 1.1

Opening file at Telemetry.txt

AENEAS Beacon TLM Packet found:
---------TELEMETRY-BEGIN----------
Total length: 29
Type:64
Unused: 0x02 0x00 
Time: 3/15/11-2-20:19:0
Reboots: 1287
Last Reboot Cause: 0
Flash Status: 0
Bit 0 = 0 : Device is ready.
Bit 1 = 0 : Device is NOT write-enabled.
Bit3&4= 1 : All sectors software-protected.
Bit 4 = 0 : WP is asserted.
Bit 5 = 0 : Last op successful.
Bit 7 = 0 : Sector Protection Registers unlocked.
Payload Write Pointer: 1867520
Telemetry Pointer: 7729152
Radio Status: 73
No detailed Radio info yet
Misc Write Pointer: 1106647872
---------TELEMETRY-END----------

CubeSats Launch from Vandenberg

Atlas V NROL-36On August 2, 2012 at 07:40 UT an Atlas V rocket is planned to launch a combination of 11 satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for the US Government and NASA ELaNa university CubeSats.

The primary mission will launch a pair of US Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellites (NOSS). These satellites carry equipment to track ships and aircraft by triangulation of radio transmissions. The two NOSS satellites have a combined weight of 6500 kg. They will separate a few days after being placed into a 1100 km circular orbit at 63° inclination.

Atlas V Payload illustrationThis is the first Atlas V launch with modified helium tanks in the Centaur upper stage. The change has created room in the aft skirt to accommodate 8 P-POD dispensers for CubeSats. This launch carries 11 CubeSats, to be released into 470 x 770 km, 63° orbit about 3 hours after launch and following maneuvers by the Centaur upper stage.

NASA ELaNa Launch and Deployment

3 P-Pods will carry 4 CubeSats as the NASA sponsored “ELaNa VI” cluster:

1. CINEMA (CubeSat for Ion, Neutral, Electron, Magnetic fields)
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2010/EECS-2010-83.pdf

Cinema Berkeley Space Physics Research Group imageFirst in a trio of identical nano-satellites studying Space Weather effects in near-Earth space, 3U CubeSat from University of California at Berkeley,

Uplink uses a serial connection with a data rate of 9600 bps.

Downlinks for engineering telemetry and command are in the 2400-2450 MHz range; Science telemetry is in 2200-2300 MHz range.

1 Mbps data rate, Reed-Solomon encoded bit stream.

2. CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment)
http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/about/quick-facts-csswe/

3U CubeSat designed and developed by students at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder). The objective of the science mission is to address fundamental questions pertaining to the relationship between solar flares and energetic particles.

Downlink 437.345 MHz, 9k6 with AX25

CP5 CubeSat CalPoly3. CP5 (PolySat)
http://polysat.calpoly.edu/CP5.php

California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo mission with De-Orbiting Experiment Using A Deployed Thin-Film Mechanism.

Downlink 437.405 MHz at 1 watt, AFSK on LSB AX.25 over NRZI at 1200 bps, every 2 minutes, begins 3.5 hours after first turn-on

4. CXBN (Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite)
http://universe.sonoma.edu/CXBNanosat/

Morehead State University mission to map the entire sky in the X-ray spectrum using high energy cosmic background radiation measurements in the 30-50 keV range. 2U CubeSat.

Downlink 437.525 MHz, GFSK, AX.25

US Government Payloads
5 P-PODs will carry 7 US Government payloads (list subject to confirmation):

Aeneas University of Southern California1. Aeneas
Aeneas Project

Department of Homeland Security satellite technology demonstration program to track cargo containers worldwide, 3U CubeSat built by the University of Southern California. Proof of concept mission to prove the concept of WiFi based tag tracking from Low Earth Orbit.

First CubeSat to deploy 2.4 GHz Dish Antenna. WiFi transmitter will transmit on 2425.0 MHz with 1 watt of output power.

Downlink 437.600 MHz AX25 1200 bps beacon every 10 second and a spread spectrum two-way link elsewhere in the 70cm band.

2. ORSES (ORS Enabler Satellite)
Operationally Responsive Space office, 3U CubeSat for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

3. Horus
One of a satellite pair (with Re) has optical sensors to detect orbiting payloads and debris for orbit measurement, 3U CubeSat from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

4. Re
Second satellite of a pair (with Horus) has optical sensors to detect orbiting payloads and debris for orbit measurement, 3U CubeSat from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,

5. 6. 7. Aerocube 4A, 4B, 4C
Built and operated by the Aerospace Corporation for technical research.

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