MCubed

University of Michigan MCubed Cubesats

MCubed-2

The mission

MCubed-2 is a mission designed around flight evaluation of a NASA JPL image processing FPGA called COVE. Our spacecraft provides pictures of Earth for processing, power, and data handling. M-Cubed2 is a re-flight of the COVE experiment with updated avionics after the original M-Cubed accidentally docked with another cubesat shortly after launch, losing the ability to transmit in the process.

Orbital parameters

Name                 MCubed-2
NORAD                39469
COSPAR designation   2013-072-H
Inclination (degree) 120.487
RAAN                 163.864
Eccentricity         0.0279369
ARGP                 266.601
Orbit per day        14.68722465
Period               1h 38m 02s (98.3 min)
Semi-major axis      7 043 km
Perigee x apogee     468 x 862 km
Drag factor          0.000671670 1/ER
Mean Anomaly         90.305

TLE

1 90710U 13072J   13348.62284903 +.00013465 +00000-0 +13156-2 0 00148
2 90710 120.4918 256.4723 0298653 349.1771 082.9876 14.64852722001202

Uplink

Downlink

437.485 MHz 9600 Baud GMSK Transmit Interval 10 seconds Antenna: Linear

Call

M-Cubed-2Telemetry

The amateur radio community can take part in the M-Cubed2 mission by tracking the satellite and sending us any received beacons. Beacon parsing and transmission can be handled automatically using our MXL Client Application. This Java application is compatible with any 9600 baud, KISS-enabled TNC and all operating systems that can run Java applications. If the ground station has Internet access, the client will automatically forward the beacons to our database.

Status

Not active. Launched and active. MC2 was successfully launched 06 December 2013 and First beacons where received from global HAMS.


Homepage and other references:

MCubed-2 main website
MCubed-2 Operations, Telemetry and Tracking


MCubed-1

M-CubedThe mission objectives for the Michigan Multipurpose Minisatellite (M-Cubed) is to capture mid-resolution images of the Earth from Low Earth Orbit, perform a technology demonstration for a novel new Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and train the next generation of Aerospace Engineers.

M-Cubed Onboard RadioData send and received from onboard M-Cubed to the ground station using a 144 MHz uplink and a 430 MHz downlink, amateur radio bands will be used to control and receive data from the satellite. A basic beacon signal containing satellite health data will be transmitted intermittently throughout operations. Data and commands will be transmitted using the AstroDev Lithium 1 radio.

Orbital parameters

Name                 MCubed
NORAD                ?
COSPAR designation   ?
Inclination (degree) ?
RAAN                 ?
Eccentricity         ?
ARGP                 ?
Orbit per day        ?
Period               ?
Semi-major axis      ?
Perigee x apogee     ?
Drag factor          ?
Mean Anomaly         ?

TLE

MCubed
1 99996U 00000    11301.47661542 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0  0006
2 99996 101.6483 233.3593 0252943 295.2624 199.6032 14.79009197000007

Uplink

Downlink

437.485MHz FSK AX.25 9k6

Call

Status

Not active. Launched and active. M-Cubed is scheduled to launch on 28 October 2011 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.


Homepage and other references:

http://umcubed.org/