ISS Amateur Radio CubeSats TLE

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Kepler (TLE) data for the ISS/JAXA cubesat launch

Cubesats leave ISSThe TLE of the five CubeSats recently launched from ISS are now available with the NORAD registration numbers 1998-067-CN, CP, CQ, CR, CS. 1998 ? Yes as NORAD considers they are parts of the ISS, the first module of which, Zarya, was launched on November 20th 1998 and got the NORAD registration number 1998-067-A.

(J-P/F5YG wrote on amsat-bb) Yesterday evening (Western Europe, around 2130 UTC), I noticed that FITSAT-1 was already about 4 mn before the ISS predictions as this one modified altitude (higher). With a max. elevation angle of 83 deg., we received the 437.250 MHz beacon loud and clear.

1998-067CN              
1 38852U 98067CN  12283.00925092  .00041863  00000-0  69687-3 0    14
2 38852  51.6477 275.8145 0018909 135.8738 224.3701 15.51407904   603
1998-067CP              
1 38853U 98067CO  12283.00919217  .00038394  00000-0  64119-3 0    17
2 38853  51.6480 275.8141 0014227 145.1302 215.0858 15.51445930   661
1998-067CQ              
1 38854U 98067CP  12283.07336473  .00054398  00000-0  89879-3 0    14
2 38854  51.6473 275.4897 0014651 145.1372 215.0744 15.51582271   671
1998-067CR              
1 38855U 98067CQ  12282.68697989  .00022010  00000-0  37095-3 0    12
2 38855  51.6485 277.4123 0014736 146.6828 213.5108 15.51493630   504
1998-067CS              
1 38856U 98067CR  12283.00883489  .00069724  00000-0  11405-2 0    11
2 38856  51.6479 275.8106 0018733 136.2088 224.0323 15.51677880   557

We-Wish, RAIKO, FITSat-1, F1 and TechEdSat.

Update: October 10, 2012 from PA0DLO via Amsat-BB
PA0DLO wrote on Amsat-BB: FITSAT-1 is object 38853, 1998-067CP
DK3WN wrote on Amsat-BB: TechEdSat is object 38854, 1998-067CQ and We-Wish is object 38856, 1998-067CS

TLE data on October 11th, 2012 gives:

FITSAT-1              
1 38853U 98067CP  12284.23299041  .00046535  00000-0  77118-3 0    41
2 38853  51.6484 269.7387 0014904 153.8209 206.3540 15.51562650   854
TechEdSat              
1 38854U 98067CQ  12284.23265201  .00051303  00000-0  84491-3 0    33
2 38854  51.6480 269.7331 0014412 150.5036 209.6797 15.51702475   857
We-Wish
1 38856U 98067CS  12284.23242654  .00070920  00000-0  11526-2 0    58
2 38856  51.6470 269.7301 0018337 140.3610 219.8733 15.51859653   742

[PE0SAT Thanks DK3WN, J-P/F5YG, PA0DLO and amsat-bb for the above information]

AMSAT-DL Symposium 2012

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Amsat-DL Bochum13 Oktober 2012
AMSAT-DL Symposium 2012
im Radom des IUZ

Blankensteiner Straße 200a
44797 Bochum Germany

Program:

Time CEST Vortag
10:00 – 11:00 Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN – Neues von den “Kleinen” und seine Arbeit als Satellitenkoordinator für die IARU
11:00 – 12:00 William Leijenaar, PA1RAH – Transpondertechnik für Cubesats
12:00 – 13:00 Mario Lorenz, DL5MLO – Neues von STEREO und erstes privates Weltraumteleskop MPST
13:00 – 14:00 Mittagspause (Imbiss vor Ort)
14:00 – 16:00 Mitgliederversammlung der AMSAT Deutschland e.V. – Gäste sind herzlich willkommen!

  • aktueller Status von AMSAT P3-E und P5-A (Mars/Mond)
  • Vorstandsbericht
  • Aussprache, Verschiedenes

FT-847 is sold

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Yaesu FT-847My Yaesu FT-847 is sold and therefore I have the Kenwood TS-711e and TS-811e reconnected. No cat control and therefore back to a manual operation and that takes some time getting used to. Fortunate that the antennas are still be controlled by software otherwise I came short of hands. For the people that I work via linear transponder, sorry I only correct doppler on the lowest frequentie I hope you can keep up.

Kenwood TS-711eMeanwhile I am looking for a solution to control the Kenwood TS-711 and TS-811 via SatPC32, but I think because the transceivers are already old, it will not be easy.

Eventually there will come a new transceiver, and at this moment I think it will be an Icom IC-910H. If you have experiences to share, please send me a message via the contact form.

ISS KIBO Cubesats Launched

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We-Wish, RAIKO launched.

We-Wish RAIKO

Satellite   Downlink           Beacon    Mode
---------   ----------------   -------   -----
WE WISH     437.505            437.505   SSTV, CW
RAIKO       2.2GHz, 13GHz      13GHz     38.4 - 500kbps
---------   ----------------   -------   ------------------

FITSat-1, F1 and TechEdSat launched.

FITSAT-1 F1 TechEdSat

Satellite   Downlink           Beacon    Mode
---------   ----------------   -------   -----
FITSAT-1    437.445, 5.84GHz   437.250   FM,CW
TechEdSat   437.465            437.465   CW
F-1         145.980            437.485   1200bps AFSK,FM,CW
---------   ----------------   -------   ------------------

F1, FITSAT-1 and TechEdSat leaving ISS

F1 FITSAT-1 TechEdSat Leave ISS

[PE0SAT Thanks DK3WN for the above information]

ISS Amateur Radio CubeSats to Deploy

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New ISS Cubesat deployment date, October 4th, 2012

First 14:30-14:40 UTC: Order of WE-WISH, RAIKO by Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
Second 15:35-15:45 UTC: Order of TechEdSat, NanoRack/F-1, FITSAT-1 by JAXA GS.

ISS Cubesats deployment September 27, 2012

J-SSODJAXA have announced the deployment of five CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS) planned for  Thursday, September 27 at around 15:10 UTC and will be broadcast live on the web.

The CubeSats are mounted in a JEM-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). In one pod are FITSAT-1, TechEdSat and F-1 (NanoRacks) and in the second pod is WE-WISH and a scientific 2U CubeSat RAIKO.

FITSat 1 (Fukuoka Institute of Technology)
http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml
High-speed data test, high power LED visual tracking
CW Beacon 437.250 MHz,
FM Data   437.445 MHz,
High speed data 5840.00 MHz.

TechEdSat (NASA Ames)
http://ncasst.org/techedsat.htmlTelemetry downlink on 437.465 MHz.
It is also carrying SatPhone ground station hardware and had planned to transmit from space using frequencies allocated to ground stations to communicate via the Iridium and Orbcomm satellite phone networks. This would have been a first for a CubeSat, however, a statement from the team says: “We were forced to disable the Iridium modem as our FCC license did not come in time. As usual, building the satellite is the easy part.”

F-1 (FPT University) – Information for Radio Amateurs http://fspace.edu.vn/?page_id=27
http://fspace.edu.vn/?page_id=10
On-board camera for earth observation mission
Yaesu VX-3R 1, 437.485 MHz FM downlink:
o Solar cell power only, operates in sunlight only
o Output power: between 0.1W and 0.3W depending on illumination, half-wave dipole antenna
o Morse code beacon (10 chars) using FM CW every 30 seconds, listen here

Yaesu VX-3R 2, 145.980 MHz FM downlink:
o Rechargeable battery, operates in dark and sunlight
o Output power: max 1.0W, half-wave dipole antenna
o AFSK 1200bps, half duplex, one AX.25 packet every 60 seconds

WE-WISH (Meisei Electric Co., Ltd.)
http://www.meisei.co.jp/news/2011/0617_622.html
Infrared camera for environmental studies
Downlink on 437.505 MHz

ISS Kibo Launch

[PE0SAT Thanks amsat-bb and JE9PEL for this information]

Max Valier

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The Max Valier satellite is a 15 kg amateur radio microsat planned for launch into a 700 km Sun Synchronous Orbit from Plesetsk.

The first mission is educational and involves two Technical High Schools (TFO) in South Tyrol, Italy. Its aim is to demonstrate the possibility to realize a micro satellite by a team of students and teachers of a High School.

Max Valier satellite in space

Max Valier Satellite in spaceThe tasks of the two High Schools are:

1. Setup of two Ground Stations for communication with the satellite

2. Implementing a simple attitude control strategy which can be understood by High School Students

3. Realizing an Electronic Power Supply (EPS) for the Satellite

4. Manufacturing the mechanical structures of the satellite

5. Carrying out simple student experiments, such as a small CMOS camera

6. Measuring and Simulating radiation patterns of the employed antennas both in the satellite and in the ground stations

7. To carry out some communication experiments.

They are planning to use the following transceivers:
– A low power VHF Beacon built by DF2FQ that emits the identification of the spacecraft in CW at 60 characters per minute.
– An AstroDev HELIUM (UV/VU at 9600 bd) ISIS TRXUV (U/V at 1200/9600 bd
– A Schulze SRS TCM2 at 1200 bd
– A Schulze SRS TCM3 at 9600 bps

Max Valier block diagramThe two Technical High Schools have no commercial aims.

Max Valier block diagram – Image credit Max Valier Gewerbeoberschule

The second mission belongs to the Amateur Astronomers, an association without commercial aims.

The spacecraft carries an X-Ray telescope built by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Garching, Germany). Its data are to be evaluated by the Amateur Astronomers and to be made available to the public on a website.

The goal is to complete an X-Ray map of the space. The third mission is an independent experimental mission carried out by OHB System AG (Bremen, Germany) with the following goals: 1. Receive and demodulate AIS (Automatic Identification System) signals sent by ships to an experimental AIS receiver on the spacecraft MaxValier and retransmit those data to the earth over an S-Band link 2. Testing the behavior of ORBCOMM and IRIDIUM modems in space.

Further information from http://sat.gobbz.net/indexe.php

Source: Amsat UK