FUNcube-1 flight model – Image credit Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG
The FUNcube-1 (AO-73) spacecraft has now been in orbit and fully operational for one month.
We are very happy and VERY grateful to all the stations who have committed their time and effort into regularly receiving the telemetry and uploading it to our Data Warehouse. We really want to say a BIG THANK YOU and please keep it coming.
Dave G4DPZ is still busy refining the operation of the Warehouse and is promising more features over the next few days/weeks. Further updates to the Dashboard are also expected soon.
If anyone knows of potential additional stations that could be established in some of the remoter parts of the globe we would be grateful to have your ideas and introductions. “Simple” stations with omnidirectional antennas, dongles and internet connected laptops would be all that is needed.
AMSAT-UK FUNcube Mission Patch
We intend to keep the present operating schedule in place for the time being whilst various on board parameters continue to be characterized by the team.
The present low internal temperatures being experienced by the spacecraft, at least in the northern hemisphere, are causing some frequency shifting to take place – especially on the uplink frequencies – roll on summer!
We are not yet 100% certain that Object 2013-066AE is FUNcube-1 but it is looking the most likely candidate.
As the launch was more than 30 days ago, the record for this object has now moved to the http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt file and the object is now referred to as DNEPR OBJECT AE.
The http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/latest-two-line-elements/ page has been updated to match.
73! de the FUNcube team