by Peter Goodhall | Nov 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Jason Charles N4JTC has posted an inexpensive way to listen and decode the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) telemetry beacon on 145.935 MHz using the cheap RTL-SDR dongle. See the post on Jason’s website at http://www.n4jtc.com/?p=579 Download the Dashboard App to receive the...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube-1 (AO-73) spacecraft was switched to its nominal “Autonomous” operating schedule around midday November 23. This schedule has: High power telemetry beacon only when in sunlight (also known as “Educational” Mode) and linear transponder for SSB/CW...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
UK Foundation holder Andrew Garratt M6GTG was the first person to report reception of signals from the ICUBE-1 satellite launched by a Dnepr from Dombarovsky near Yasny. ICUBE-1 was carried within the UNISAT-5 microsatellite which launched at 07:10:11 UT on November...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, November 21, 2013 the French South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI), at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, made history by being the first in South Africa, and indeed the first in Africa, to launch a locally built nano satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems (GAUSS) has asked for assistance in receiving some of the satellites deployed by the UNISAT-5 mini-satellite which was launched on a Dnepr from Yasny on November 21. Dear All, The Dnepr Cluster Launch 2013 has...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
Erich, DK1TB, has provided a short guide on how to manually add new satellites to the SatPC32 satellite tracking app which is available from the AMSAT-UK shop. The FUNcube-1 AO-73 satellite is used as an example. a. Copy the following address to the aux. file...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
Triton-1 is a 3U cubesat from ISIS-BV (Innovative Solutions In Space BV) with a AIS (ship location service) radio science experiment which was launched on November 21. After the experiment is complete (est. 3 months), the spacecraft radios will be reconfigured to U/V...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
Delfi Nanosatellite Program Manager, Jasper Bouwmeester PC4JB, provides this update on the Delfi-n3Xt satellite which was launched November 21 and carries a 435/145 MHz linear transponder. Dear radio amateurs, We had a fantastic launch and early reception of...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube Team have had reports of an apparent distortion in the transmitted telemetry and difficulty in decoding around 12:00 UT today. It is believed that this may have actually been occurring due to the natural phenomena of an active aurora rather than a problem...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
A test of the Autonomous Mode on the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) SSB/CW linear transponder has been carried out. It was switched into Autonomous Mode during orbit 32 at 1113 UT on Saturday, November 23. In this mode the transponder will automatically switch on when the...
