DragonSat
Craig Kief KE5VSH posted this on the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB):
Jin KB3UKS and I launched two CubeSats a week or so ago. The first is Trailblazer (mine) and the second is DragonSat (Jins). Trailblazer is from the Configurable Space Research at the University of New Mexico (KE5VSH) and DragonSat is Drexel University.
Our problem is that we haven’t heard from our satellites yet.
There could be a variety of different reasons. First, the satellite didn’t survive delivery. Second, our antennas didn’t deploy or third, we have poor ground stations. As you can imagine, I am hoping for the third. I am pasting the TLE which is openly available on space-track and Celestrak in this email. It is very close (I believe) to our birds.
Trailblazer
If you have a chance, could you please keep your ears open in case you might hear us.
Please email any packets for Trailblazer to myself at craig.kief<at>cosmiac.org and for DragonSat to Jin Kang KB3UKS at kang<at>usna.edu
Thanks again most sincerely,
Craig KE5VSH
Trailblazer 437.425 MHz, AX.25, 9600 bps (there is another satellite with the same tx freq as mine there as well).
On my packets, if you see C0 00 A8 84…. You will provide me with a wonderful gift. I beacon every 50 seconds
DragonSat 145.870 MHz, AX.25, 9600 bps. Beacons every 30 seconds.
Possible TLEs/Keps:
Trailblazer
1 39382U 13064C 13325.87382098 .00041511 00000-0 18318-2 0 39
2 39382 40.5103 239.5017 0004316 318.4599 41.5592 15.20995117 275
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