Just last weekend at the Amsat-UK Collegium, I heard Dr. Chris Bridges say that it would probably be November before we would hear STRaND-1 again, in that period the satellite would go in eclipse causing the system to reset. But … Continue reading
Preliminary object information 2013-015x series After the successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1a with BeeSAT-2, BeeSAT-3, SOMP, OSSI-1 and main payload: Bion-M1 here is some object information that I could find during the last couple of days regarding the possible objects … Continue reading
An evening Telemetry decoding April 20, 2013 18:30 UTC OSSI-1 With the help of the below TLE data I am listening to OSSI-1 this evening. But after three passes I haven’t heard anything from this new Cubesat. I have listened … Continue reading
HydraSDR RFOne Advanced Software Defined Radio Receiver HydraSDR is a powerful open-source Software-defined radio platform offering high-speed performance and flexibility for developers, hobbyists, RF professionals and Ham Radio use. Features: The HydraSDR RFOne is an advanced Software Defined Radio receiver featuring … Continue reading
Lessons learned from the Blue Ghost mission, you don’t need very high-end equipment to receive signals from missions to the moon. This time we used an old 60cm TV offset dish where we placed a 5 turn LHCP helix in … Continue reading
Two-Line Element Set (TLE): Format Overview To calculate the position of the object around the earth, for example, satellites and space debris, we need information on the orbital parameters which describes the shape and size of the orbit. Two-Line Element … Continue reading