CubeBUG-2 Telemetry

CubeBUG-2 Telemetry 08-10-2014 20:07 UTC

20:09:53.590 UTC: MAIL :manolito@satellogic.com Upt: 04:48:32 Bat:7.84v Temp:27.6C Gyr:0.23d/s 
20:13:21.050 UTC: MAIL :manolito@satellogic.com Upt: 04:52:00 Bat:7.78v Temp:27.6C Gyr:0.43d/s 
20:16:51.840 UTC: MAIL :manolito@satellogic.com Upt: 04:55:31 Bat:7.96v Temp:27.8C Gyr:0.80d/s

cubebug-2_pe0sat_08102014_2003

CubeBUG-2 Telemetry 08-01-2014

CubeBUG-2 Telemetry 08-01-2014 19:30 UTC

from CUBEB2-6 to CQ: 
   1 > 3A 45 4D 41 49 4C 20 20 20 20 3A 6D 61 6E 6F 6C 69 74 6F 40 
  21 > 73 61 74 65 6C 6C 6F 67 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D 20 55 70 74 3A 20 
  41 > 30 34 3A 34 31 3A 32 34 20 42 61 74 3A 37 2E 39 34 76 20 54 
  61 > 65 6D 70 3A 32 37 2E 38 43 20 47 79 72 3A 30 2E 35 32 64 2F 
  81 > 73 20 
:EMAIL:manolito@satellogic.com Upt: 04:41:24 Bat:7.94v Temp:27.8C Gyr:0.52d/s

CubeBUG-2 TLM 08-01-2014 19:30UTC

CubeBUG-2 Telemetry 21-12-2013

CubeBUG-2 Telemetry 21-12-2013 11:23 UTC

CubeBUG-2 TLM 21-12-2013 11:23UTC

from CUBEB2-6 to CQ: 
   1 > 3A 45 4D 41 49 4C 20 20 20 20 3A 6D 61 6E 6F 6C 69 74 6F 40 
  21 > 73 61 74 65 6C 6C 6F 67 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D 20 55 70 74 3A 20 
  41 > 30 37 3A 30 38 3A 31 36 20 42 61 74 3A 38 2E 33 32 76 20 54 
  61 > 65 6D 70 3A 32 37 2E 36 43 20 47 79 72 3A 30 2E 32 37 64 2F 
  81 > 73 20 
:EMAIL :manolito@satellogic.com Upt: 07:08:16 Bat:8.32v Temp:27.6C Gyr:0.27d/s

CubeBUG-2 Telemetry 22:25 UTC

CubeBUG-2 Telemetry 22:25 UTC

Decoded with UZ7HO G3RUH SoundModem

[101 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)]
ctrl: 3   PID: F0 {UI}   82 Payload Bytes
from CUBEB2-6 to CQ: 
 1 > 3A 45 4D 41 49 4C 20 20 20 20 3A 6D 61 6E 6F 6C 69 74 6F 40 
21 > 73 61 74 65 6C 6C 6F 67 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D 20 55 70 74 3A 20 
41 > 30 33 3A 30 39 3A 30 32 20 42 61 74 3A 37 2E 34 32 76 20 54 
61 > 65 6D 70 3A 32 37 2E 38 43 20 47 79 72 3A 32 2E 38 39 64 2F 
81 > 73 20 
:EMAIL :manolito@satellogic.com Upt: 03:09:02 Bat:7.42v Temp:27.8C Gyr:2.89d/s

CubeBUG-2 30-11-2013 22:25 UTC

DNEPR Launch a succes

The DNEPR launch was/is a success.

The launch as you can see in this Youtube movie below was a success, the launch took place at 07:10 UTC from the Dombarovskiy facility.

Just a couple of minutes after the launch signals where received from FUNcube-1, these came from Amateur Radio Stations in South Africa and they filled the FUNcube-1 data warehouse for the first time.

My first pass was at 08:46 UTC and I had to make up my mind on with cubesats to track. I finally choose for monitor and record a frequency span between 437.350 – 437.540. In the middle of this span would CubeBUG-2 transmit its data. In meantime listen to Delfi-n3Xt at 145.870. When the pass started it was a overwhelming. Delfi-n3Xt pass coming via the VHF Icom 910H and the 192khz span of the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ showed a lot of signals being received. I wasn’t able to decode any 2400 baud BPSK signal from Delfi-n3Xt but after the pass when I analysed the IQ file that was recorded with SDR# I could decode signals from ZAcube-1, UWE-3 and CubeBUG-2.

The following frames are decoded from a recorded SDR IQ file, therefor the timestamps are of.

ZAcube-1 1k2 decode:

2013-11-21 09:11:07.750 UTC: [47 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)]
ctrl: 12   PID: F0 {I06^}   26 Payload Bytes
from 123456 to 012345: 
   1 > DC 0C 16 7A 61 63 75 62 65 30 31 2E 00 00 13 09 2C 0A DC 2C
  21 > 06 7B 2C 0C 2E DC 
Ü..zacube01.....,.Ü,.{,..Ü

UWE-3 9k6 decode:

2013-11-21 14:47:59.380 UTC: [60 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)]
ctrl: 3   PID: F0 {UI}   41 Payload Bytes
from DP0UWG to DD0UWE: 
   1 > 00 53 20 64 64 59 B3 21 02 FC 14 6A 13 00 00 18 6A 86 F4 42 
  21 > 59 5E 34 10 07 00 17 58 10 1F 00 17 36 01 F5 FD DE E8 F4 F5 
  41 > DC 
.S ddY³!.ü.j....j†ôBY^4....X....6.õýÞèôõÜ

CubeBUG-2 9k6 decode:

2013-11-21 14:59:10.800 UTC: [98 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)]
ctrl: 3   PID: F0 {UI}   78 Payload Bytes
from CUBEB2-6 to CQ: 
   1 > FF FF F0 00 00 14 CA 00 00 01 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 3D E0 00 
  21 > 00 00 00 AF 00 01 00 CA 1E 77 03 F7 02 C9 03 FF 03 FF 02 D9 
  41 > 02 B6 03 FF 03 3F 03 B6 03 C4 0A C7 05 01 C5 AA 19 F8 FB B8 
  61 > 03 DB FD DD FF 65 09 47 02 51 E3 8A FF 6C 00 00 00 00 
ÿÿð...Ê..........=à....¯...Ê.w.÷.É.ÿ.ÿ.Ù.¶.ÿ.?.¶.Ä.Ç..Ū.øû¸.ÛýÝÿe.G.QãŠÿl....

In a later pass also an APRS message from CubeBUG-2:

1:Fm CUBEB2-6 To CQ  [13:34:56R]
:EMAIL :manolito@satellogic.com Upt: 04:41:43 Bat:7.90v Temp:27.6C Gyr:87.77d/s

So far so good, I have 2Gb of IQ data that can be analyzed. This is what I can tell so far, the launch is a success and there are some teams that are still searching for there satellites. Good luck all, I’ll point my antenna’s to the sky when I am able to.

After analyzing the IQ files I also saw the data from Humsat-D, very strong 1200 baud GMSK data and Morse code, modulation type FM. Very difficult to decode the CW data. It is time I learned CW because the Computer isn’t able to decode the data.

Below an image with from left to right: HumSat-D CW, ZAcube 1k2 AFSK and UWE-3 9k6 FSK.

DNEPR SDR 21-11-2013