Sounds from Space

 

Sounds from Amateur Radio Satellites 2011-2013

 

This section is dedicated to satellites built and operated by Radio Amateurs. Satellites built by AMSAT organizations around the world and were called AMSAT-OSCAR. Those built by Russian Hams and were mostly called Radiosputnik. In order to build and launch the satellites AMSAT needs members and friends to contribute and raise funds. If you are not yet a member of AMSAT please consider to join us and to support the activities. You can find several links to AMSAT on my links page.

My special thanks to Roy W0SL, Jim N4ST, Don KD4APP, Darrel AA7FV, Jim N5JDB, Clive G3CWV, Mike DK3WN, Reinhard DJ1KM +, Michael DG1CMZ, Oliver DG6BCE, Peter DF2JB, Volker DF7IT, Jean-Louis F6AGR, Thomas HB9SKA, Christoph HB9HAL, Claudio IK1SLD, Andreas OE1DMB, Michael PA3BHF, Henk PA3GUO, Darek SP9TTX, Ricardo PY3VHQ, Keith ZS6TW, Don N4UJW, Vladimir RA3DQT, Paulo CT1ETE, John KD2BD, Harald DH8HHA, Maik Hermenau, Ian ZL1AOX, Gerd DL8DR, Michael OH2AUE, Robert G8ATE, Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ, Mark KF6KYI, Al W8KHP, Drew KO4MA, Rolf DK2ZF, Dave WB6LLO, Graham G3VZV, Joe K0VTY, Nils von Storch, Zeljko 9A2EY, Pierre ZS6BB, Bent OZ6BL, Mariano CT1XI, Al GM1SXX, Luc LU1FAM, Matt SQ7DQX, Lance K6GSJ, Chris VK3AML, Bob VE6BLD, Sergej RV3DR, Alex VK5ALX, Rudolf ZS6FX, Dick Daniels W4PUJ/SK , Bob Patterson K5DZE, Jean-Louis Rault F6AGR, Ivano Bonesana, Patrick Hajagos, Luc Leblanc VE2DWE, Mike N1JEZ, John K6YK, Tetsu-san JA0CAW, Marco Bauer, Carl Lindberg SM6NZV, Philip G0ISW, Kuge-san JE1CVL, Pat AA6EG, John M0UKD, Paul Marsh M0EYT, Federico Manzini, Jan PE0SAT, Domenico I8CVS +, Roland Zurmely PY4ZBZ, Rob Hardenberg PE1ITR, Michael Kirkhart KD8QBA, Davide D'Aliesio IW0HLG, Francisco EA7ADI, Kubota-san, Noguchi-san JA5BLZ, Kuge-san JE1CVL, Luciano PY5LF, Wakita-san JE9PEL, Peter ON4EZJ, Enrico IW2AGJ, Jean-Pierre F5YG, Remco PA3FYM, Dave G0CER, Jose Maria EA2JX, Viljo ES5PC, Charly DK3ZL, Bernd DL6IAN, Gustavo LW2DTZ, Juergen DL8SDQ, Gary ZS6YI, Wilhelm DL6DCA, Bence Szabo, Alex KR1ST, Branko 9A3ST, Daniel DL7NDR, Michael Hoerenberg and Igor PU4ELT for kindly contributing to this collection !

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ARISSAT-1
RadioSkaf-V
RADIOSKAF-B
KEDRr
RS01S
#37772
(1998-067CK)

ARISSAT-1 (as it is called in the United States) respectively RadioSkaf-V (as it is called in Russia) is part of an amateur radio experiment by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corp., NASA and the Russian aerospace company RSC Energia.
It was brought to ISS on January 30
th 2011 aboard Progress 41. It weighs 30 kg and is housed in a box with a size of about 55x55x40cm.
The additional name "Kedr" is in memoriam of the call sign used by the first person to fly in space, Yuri Gagarin, who made the historic first human spaceflight nearly 50 years ago on April 12
th 1961.
ARISSAT-1 is supposed to transmit 25 greeting messages in 15 different languages, telemetry as well as photos of the Earth on
145.950 MHz using the callsign RS01S.
Here is a description of the band plan including
the transponder-frequencies for up- and downlink. 
Originally it was planned to release ARISSAT-1 by Russian Cosmonauts during a spacewalk set for February 16
th 2011. However this was postponed and Arissat-1 was finally released by Russian Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, RU3DIS, and Alexander Samokutyaev during an EVA on August 3rd 2011 at 18:43 UTC. It was an exciting event as the release of the satellite was first stopped because of some uncertainty, whether the 70cm antenna for the uplink was missing or broken. It was finally launched towards the end of the EVA and it turned out that the satellite including the linear transponder is working fine.

Aug 3rd 2011

First test aboard ISS

On February 10th and 11th 2011, while ARISSAT-1 was still onboard ISS, it was connected to an antenna mounted outside of ISS and was tested for 2 days. Enclosed SSTV images and audio recordings were received by DK3WN on February 11th 2011 at 2 passes over Germany around 00:18 UTC and 01:54 UTC. Many thanks to Mike DK3WN for the recordings.

This recording of SSTV and voice transmissions of ARISSAT-1 was made by JA0CAW on February 10th 2011 at 21h31 UTC. Many thanks to Tetsu-san JA0CAW for kindly providing the recording.

Second test aboard ISS

On July 30th and 31st 2011 ARISSAT-1 was once more activated while still onboard ISS. It was connected to and outside antenna and operated in low power mode (40sec on every 2 minutes). Its transmission on 145.950 MHz was also relayed by another station in ISS to 437.550 MHz. Enclosed audio file was received and recorded on 437.550 MHz on July 31st 2011 at 03:43UTC by DD1US. Pauses were removed.

On the next pass on July 31st 2011 at 05:18 UTC enclosed SSTV transmission in Robot 36 mode, which was again relayed by ISS to 437.550 MHz, was received by DD1US.

On the same pass enclosed signal was received directly from ARISSAT-1 on 145.950 MHz. Listen to the English voice and see whether you can understand the "secret word" which is changed in each transmission. Received and recorded on July 31st 2011 at 05:21 UTC by DD1US. Pauses were removed.

During the subsequent pass over Central Europe ARISSAT-1 was again activated. Marco Bauer was able to receive enclosed CW and BPSK signals on 145.920 MHz on July 31st 2011 at 06:53 UTC with an Eggbeater antenna. Recording kindly provided by Marco Bauer.

During the same pass also Mike DK3WN received Arissat-1. His recording of the telemetry downlink on 145.920 MHz (CW/BPSK) is of very nice quality. In the first part of the recording you can decode a telemetry packet using the Arissat-software and in the second part of the recording you can decode a KURSK frame. Recorded on July 31st 2011 at 06:54 UTC and kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

The last pass audible in Central Europe on July 31st 2011 was at 08:30 UTC. In enclosed recording the pauses were removed. The audio signal includes multiple sections including the voice telemetry output in English language and was recorded by DD1US.

Released August 3rd 2011 at 18:43 UTC

Tetsu-san JA0CAW was one of the first stations who received the CW/BPSK beacon signal of ARISSAT-1. Recorded on August 3rd 2011 at 20:56 UTC and kindly provided by Tetsu-san JA0CAW.

Tetsu-san JA0CAW was also able to receive ARISSAT-1 on the next pass over Japan. Recorded on August 3rd 2011 at 22:33 UTC and kindly provided by Tetsu-san JA0CAW.

 On Friday, August 5th 2011 between 05:20 and 05:30 UTC enclosed downlink signal from Arissat-1 was received on 145.950 MHz by DD1US/p. The satellite was apparently not yet spin stabilized and due to its tumbling the signal exhibits a very strong fading. This can be also seen in the SSTV picture which was received during this pass.

In the night of August 6th 2011 I had my receiver monitoring 145.950 MHz and I was able to capture signals from multiple passes between 01:00 and 04:00 UTC. I submitted my log to the ARISSAT-1 / KEDR team and received enclosed nice Award. Recorded by DD1US.

Enclosed 3 minute recording was done on 145.950 MHz on August 6th 2011 between 05:54 and 05:58 UTC by DD1US. The picture shows the corresponding waterfall display of the downlink spectrum. The IF of 10.7 MHz corresponds to 145.950 MHz, the CW/BPSK signal at 145.920 MHz can be seen at the IF of 10.73 MHz. Receiver frequency was not changed thus you can see the downlink signal changing frequency due to doppler effect.

In the night of August 7th I had again my receiver monitoring 145.950 MHz and I was able to capture signals from multiple passes between 01:00 and 06:00 UTC. During these passes interference with emissions form ISS were noticed. You can hear in enclosed recording by DD1US packet radio emissions from ISS as well as interference which sounds like feedback. Investigations are underway.

This audio recording and the decoded SSTV picture was received by Patrick Hajagos on August 29th 2011 at 14:26 UTC. Received on 145.950 MHz in Vienna using an ICOM IC-R20 receiver and kindly provided by Patrick.

5 days before ARISSAT finally decayed enclosed beacon signal was received on December 30th 2011 at 11:02 UTC on 145.915 MHz by Matthias DD1US.

At the same time enclosed SSTV and synthesized voice signal was received on December 30th 2011 at 11:02 UTC on 145.950 MHz by Matthias DD1US.

Also during the subsequent pass over Europe ARISSAT was heard loud and clear. SSTV and synthesized voice signal was received on December 30th 2011 at 13:45 UTC on 145.950 MHz by Matthias DD1US.

Also during the next pass ARISSAT was received in Europe. SSTV and synthesized voice signal was received on December 30th 2011 at 15:07 UTC on 145.950 MHz by Matthias DD1US.

ARISSAT-1 finally decayed on January 4th 2012 at around 7am (+-3 hours).

Aubie OSCAR-71
AO-71
AubieSat-1
AS-1
#37854
(2011-061E)

AubieSat-1 (AO-71) is the first student built satellite in Alabama and part of the ELaNa3 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) Mission. It is a 1U CubeSat (weight is 1.03 kg) entirely designed, built and tested by Auburn University undergraduate students, without using components off the shelf. It will study radio wave propagation through the ionosphere and test solar panel protective films. AubieSat-1 transmits a CW (morse code) telemetry beacon with a speed of 20wpm every minute for a duration of 20 seconds on its UHF downlink on 437.475 MHz. The tranmit power is 0.7 Watts EIRP. The uplink frequency is at 145.950 MHz.

Oct 28th 2011

Henk PA3GUO received Aubiesat-1 on November 3rd 2011 at 02:14 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Henk PA3GUO.

On December 28th 2011 at 03:00 UTC Mike Rupprecht received the CW downlink of AubieSat. Enclosed recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

RS-39
Chibis-M
#38051
(2011-062C)

Chibis-M was released from Progress M-13M on January 24th 2012 at 23:14 UTC into a circular orbit with an altitude of about 500km. A scientific downlink is in S-Band around 2270 MHz and a telemetry downlink  is in the 70cm ham radio band  at 435.315 MHz (TX A) or 435.215 MHz (TX B). Telemetry is transmitted by a the CW beacon in Morse Code. If you click on the icon on the right you will get the information on how to decode the Telemetry.

Jan 25th 2012

During its first orbit, only 7 minutes after the satellite was released, Kuge-san JE1CVL received the CW beacon of RS-39 at 435.315 MHz on January 24th 2012 at 23:21 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Testu-san JA0CAW.

On February 7th 2012 it has been reported that the downlink of Chibis-M had been switched to BPSK.

Chibis-M also features an S-band downlink at 2269.98 MHz. This downlink is occasionally switched on (active times of 2 minutes 15 seconds have been reported).

Enclosed un-modulated carrier of the S-band downlink was received on February 16th 2012 at 19:45 UTC by Paul Marsh. Recording kindly provided by Paul M0EYT.

Enclosed 2 spectrum plots of the S-band spectrum were recorded on February 22nd 2012 around 17:25 UTC and kindly provided by Paul M0EYT.

Masat-Oscar-72
MO-72
MaSat-1
#38081
(2012-006E) 

MaSat-1 (Magyar Satellite 1) was built at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. This nano-satellite has a weight of 1 kg. Its primary purpose is to demonstrate various spacecraft avionics, including a power conditioning system, transceiver and on-board data handling. The downlink is at 437.345 MHz in GFSK 625/1250 bps. It also features a CW (morse code) beacon.

Feb 13th 2012

Enclosed audio file was received and recorded on February 17th at 15:22 UTC by Mike Rupprecht. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

On December 31st 2014 at 17:30 UTC Francisco EA7ADI received the GFSK signal of MASAT-1. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

Xatcobeo
#38082
(2012-006F)

Xatcobeo was built in Spain in a collaboration of the University Vigo and INTA. This nano-satellite is a 10 cm cube with a weight of 1 kg. Its mission is to demonstrate software-defined radio technology and solar panel deployment. Its downlink is at 437.365 MHz in 1200 bd FFSK with AX.25 protocol and at 145.940 MHz in SSR (steady state response).

Feb 13th 2012

Enclosed audio file was received and recorded on February 17th at 15:23 UTC by Mike Rupprecht. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

PW-Sat 1
#38083
(2012-006G) 

PW-Sat was built at the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland and is the first Polish nano-satellite. Its primary mission is to test a deployable atmospheric drag augmentation device for de-orbiting Cubesats. PW-Sat carries an FM to DSB amateur radio transponder with an FM input on 435.020 MHz and DSB output on 145.900 MHz. There are 5 modes of operation:
- Receive only: no downlink
- CW Beacon: On-Off Keying (OOK) CW 12 WPM 435.020 MHz
- BPSK Beacon: 1200 bps AX25 (1 frame on 20 sec) 435.020 MHz
- Control communication mode: BPSK 1200 bps AX25 435.020 MHz
- Voice Repeater (like "AO-16 mode"): uplink 435.020 MHz FM and downlink 145.900 MHz DSB.

Feb 13th 2012

Enclosed audio file of the PSK beacon was received and recorded on February 18th at 13:30 UTC by Mike Rupprecht. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

Enclosed audio file of the CW beacon was received and recorded on February 18th at 04:58 UTC by Mike Rupprecht. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

HORYU-2
 HORYU-II
 
#38340
(2012-025D)

HORYU-II was built by students at the KIT (Kyushu Insitute of Technology) in Japan. It's size is 350x310x315mm and his weight is 7.1 kg. Horyu-2 was launched together with JAXA, a Japanses climate observation satellite, on May17th 2012 at 16:39 UTC into a sun-synchronous 680km orbit with an inclination of 98°. Shortly after successful separation from the launcher, CW downlink signals were received and decoded by multiple stations around the world. The satellite uses the callsign JG6YBW and transmits CW (20wpm Morse) or packet radio (1200bps AX.25 FSK) on 437.375 MHz.

May 17th 2012

Enclosed CW signal was received and recorded on May 18th 2012 at 14:00 GMT by DD1US.

RS-40
Yubileiny-2
MiR
 
#38735
(2012-041C)

Yubileiny 2 or also called RS-40 has a weight of 65 kg and was launched on a Rockot vehicle on July 27th 2012 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Baikonur. The instruments comprising RS-40 as well as the research mission were built by students and research staff of the Siberian State Aerospace University. The satellite structure itself was manufactured by Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS). The 3rd name Mir is in recognition of Mikhal Reshetnev, the founder and first director of the company ISS.
RS-40 transmits on 435.265 MHz as well as 435.365 MHz a PM (phase modulated) data signal with 4800 bps (Manchester encoded) or a CW signal. Maik Hermenau was the first who reported its reception on July 28th.

July 27th 2012

Enclosed audio signal was received on July 29th 2012 at 12:30h UTC on 435.365 MHz in FM by DD1US. It is the digital PM signal and presumably only active, when the satellite is in range of the base-station in Russia. The corresponding spectrum plot is attached.

During the subsequent pass at 14:30h UTC the satellite was transmitting a digital PM signal on its second downlink at 435.265 MHz.

PROITERES
JL3YZK
 
#38756
(2012-047B)

Proiteres (Project of Osaka Institute of Technology Electric-Rocket-Engine onboard Small Space Ship) is a 30cm3 cubesat with a weight of 15kg. It was built by Osaka Institute of Technology. It was launched together with SPOT6 and mRESINS on September 9th 2012 at 04:21 UTC on Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C21 (PSLV-C21). It was the 100th mission of the Indian space agency. The overall objective is to demonstrate powered flight on a nanosatellite with an electro-thermal PPT (Pulsed Plasma Thruster) device. Proiteres will use the callsign JL3YZK when transmitting beacon and telemetry signals on 437.485 MHz using its CW & FM/BFSK (binary FSK) transmitter with 10 W output power. It also includes as digital still camera and will transmit pictures on the 70cm band downlink.

Sept. 9th 2012

Enclosed audio signal was received on September 9th 2012 at 09:15h UTC on 437.485 MHz in FM. It is the CW signal with telemetry. The corresponding spectrum plot is attached.

Enclosed audio signal was received on September 9th 2012 at 12:27h UTC on 437.485 MHz in FM. It is the CW signal with telemetry. The corresponding spectrum plot is attached.

BEESAT-2
#39136
(2013-015G)

BEESAT-2 (Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite) is a cubesat-sized vehicle carries a technology experiment using gyros and sensors for precise orientation. The 1kg satellite was built by the Technical University of Berlin/Germany.

The OSSI-1, BEESAT-2, BEESAT-3 and SOMP amateur radio CubeSats lifted off on a Soyuz-2-1a with research satellites Bion-M1, AIST and Dove-2 from Launch Complex 31 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 19th 2013 at 1000 UTC. BEESAT-2 is expected to be released on April 21st 2013.

BEESAT-2 has a 4800Bd GMSK/Mobitex downlink in the 70cm Amateur Radio band at 435.950 MHz. The downlink can also be switched to 9600Bd. The output power is 0.5 Watts. BeeSat-2 will use the callsign DP0BEF.

Apr. 19th 2013

Enclosed recording of the CW beacon and GMSK transmissions of BEESAT-2 was received on 435.950 MHz on April 21st 2013 at 13:13 UTC. Recorded and kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

Enclosed signal from BEESAT-2 was received on March 31st 2015 at 09:34 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI . Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

BEESAT-3
#39134
(2013-015E)

BEESAT-3 (Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite) is cubesat-sized vehicle that will test high-speed data links (up to 1MB/s). The 1kg satellite was built by the Technical University of Berlin/Germany.

The OSSI-1, BEESAT-2, BEESAT-3 and SOMP amateur radio CubeSats lifted off on a Soyuz-2-1a with research satellites Bion-M1, AIST and Dove-2 from Launch Complex 31 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 19th 2013 at 1000 UTC. BEESAT-3 is expected to be released on April 21st 2013.

BEESAT-3 has a 4800Bd GMSK/Mobitex downlink in the 70cm Amateur Radio band at 435.950 MHz. The downlink can also be switched to 9600Bd. The output power is 0.5 Watts. BEESAT-3 will possibly also transmit in S-Band. BEESAT-3 has the callsign DP0BEG.

No signals from the spacecraft were ever received.

Apr. 19th 2013

SOMP
SOMP-1
#39135
(2013-015F)

The Student Oxygen Measurement Project (SOMP) is a 1kg cubesat developed by students of the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, organized in the Students’ Research Group for Spacecraft Engineering in Dresden (STARD). SOMP is a standard sized single CubeSat with one payload side and five sides with two solar cells each.

SOMP lifted off on a Soyuz-2-1a with research satellites Bion-M1, AIST and Dove-2 as well as other amateur radio CubeSats from Launch Complex 31 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 19th 2013 at 1000 UTC. SOMP is expected to be released on April 21st 2013.

SOMP has a downlink in the 70cm Amateur Radio band at 437.485 MHz including CW, 1200Bd BPSK, 9600Bd AX25 FSK and 400bit/s BPSK (like AO40). SOMP will us the callsign DP0TUD.

Apr. 19th 2013

Enclosed recording of the CW beacon of SOMP transmitting "DP0TUD ABH XCVAQADC <AR>" was received on 437.485 MHz on April 21st 2013 at 13:15 UTC. Recorded and kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

Enclosed recording of the high speed CW beacon of SOMP was received on 437.485 MHz on April 21st 2013 at 13:19 UTC. Recorded and kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

PhoneSat (ID A)
GRAHAM
KJ6KRW-2
#39146
(2013-016E)

PhoneSat (ID B)
BELL
KJ6KRW-1
#39142
(2013-016A)

PhoneSat
ALEXANDER
KJ6KRW
#39144
(2013-016C)

Three PhoneSat cubesats are now on-orbit following the launch of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares(TM) rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in eastern Virginia. They were launched on April 21st 2013.

All three of the Phonesat cubesats carries an amateur radio payload on 437.425 MHz. Each cubesat will transmit during individual timeslots. All three satellites transmit using AFSK (1200 bps) modulation, AX.25 packet coding and have vertical linear polarization. The two PhoneSat 1.0 satellites, Graham and Bell, transmit with a periodicity of respectively 28 seconds and 30 seconds. The PhoneSat 2.0 beta satellite, Alexander, transmit with a periodicity of 25 seconds.

All three PhoneSats have been successfully received. GRAHAM and BELL transmitted data packets comprising a picture. Pictures have been restored successfully. Enclosed pictures are a courtesy of www.phonesat.org.

The orbit is very low (270km x 300km, 51.6deg) and the cubesats are expected to only remain on-orbit for two weeks. The satellites are battery powered with no additional charging from solar cells. PhoneSat Bell was the last who decayed, which happened on May 10th around 00:58 UTC.

Apr. 21st 2013

TurkSat-3USat
YM2RTU
#39152
(2013-018C)

TURKSAT-3USAT is a three unit CubeSat built jointly by TURKSAT and the Istanbul Technical University (ITU).It was launched on April 26th 2013 at 0413 UTC on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center in China. The power is provided using solar panels and lithium polymer batteries together with super capacitors. The target orbit is a circular 680km low earth orbit (LEO). Satellite stabilization is accomplished using passive magnetic attitude control system with hysteresis rods. There is a camera payload to take images of the Earth.

The communication system includes a UHF CW beacon at 437.220 MHz using the callsign YM2RTU and an inverting VHF/UHF linear transponder built by TAMSAT, the Turkish Amateur Satellite Technologies Organization. The SSB/CW transponder has an uplink at 145.940-145.990 MHz and a downlink at 435.200-435.250 MHz.

Apr. 26th 2013

The TurkSat CW beacon has been successfully received by PE0SAT on April 26th 2013 at 10:44 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Jan PE0SAT.

CubeBug-1
Capitan Beto
#39153
(2013-018D)

CubeBug-1 is a 2U-Cubesat developed in Argentina and was launched on April 26th 2013 at 0413 UTC on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center in China. This is the first technology demonstration mission for a new CubeSat platform design (mechanics, hardware and software) intended to be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in Amateur projects, University projects and research labs.

CubeBug-1 transmits a beacon including telemetry on 437.445 MHz in 1200Bd AFSK AX.25 with 1 Watt output power. The callsign will be CUBEB.

Apr. 26th 2013

Enclosed signal from CubeBug-1 was received on April 26th 2013 at 20:08 UTC on 437.418 MHz by PE0SAT. Recording kindly provided by Jan PE0SAT.

Jan PE0SAT received CubeBug-1 also on May 14th 2013 at 09:47 UTC on 437.443 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Jan PE0SAT.

Enclosed signal from CubeBug-1 at 437.445 MHz was received on December 26th 2013 at 22:16 UTC by Paul Marsh. Recording kindly provided by Paul M0EYT.

Louisiana OSCAR 75
LO-75
CAPE-2
CAPE II
#39382
(2013-064C)

CAPE-2 (Cajun Advanced Picosat Experiment ) or Louisiana OSCAR 75 is a 1 kg Cubesat built by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The mission of this satellite is to gather data while orbiting in space and transmit this data to the ground station on the UL at Lafayette campus. The team of engineering students will run experiments and maintain the satellite while in orbit. CAPE-2 transmits telemetry in FM (AX25) and CW at 145.825 MHz using the callsign W5UL. CAPE-2 also has a designated UHF downlink at 437.325 MHz.
The
beacon interval varies depending the mode of the satellite:
Green Mode Interval: 2 Minutes
Or
ange Mode Interval: 4 Minutes
Red Mode Interval: 6 Minutes
In CW mode the following data format is used:
Callsign / Sat. Name / Mode of Sat. / Unregulated Bus Voltage.
In AX25 mode the following data format is used:
Callsign / Sat. Name / Beacon ID / Mode of Sat. / Sat. Time / Unregulated Bus Voltage / Health Code / no. of Beacons since last reset / VHF TX Temp. / UHF TX Temp. / Website URL.
Besides the data transmission Cape-2 also features
a digipeater, text to speech operation, a simplex repeater, email and tweet functions.

Nov. 20th 2013

Enclosed CW signal from LO-75 was received on December 3rd 2013 at 08:29 UTC on 145.825 MHz, recorded and kindly provided by Roland PY4ZBZ.

Enclosed synthesized voice downlink from LO-75's text-to-speech function was received on December 3rd 2013 at 08:29 UTC on 145.825 MHz, recorded and kindly provided by Roland PY4ZBZ.

Enclosed synthesized voice downlink "Hi Roland PY4ZBZ, 73 from CAPE-2" from LO-75's text-to-speech function was received on December 18th 2013 on 145.825 MHz by PY4ZBZ. Recorded and kindly provided by Roland PY4ZBZ.

Enclosed synthesized voice downlink"Hello Papa Yankee Four Zulu Bravo Zulu from CAPE-2" from LO-75's text-to-speech function was received December 26th 2013 at 21:42 UTC on 145.825 MHz by PY4ZBZ. Recorded and kindly provided by Roland PY4ZBZ.

Enclosed recording demonstrates nicely the voice repeater capabilities of CAPE-2. Roland PY4ZBZ activated the voice repeater mode and recording a greeting message which was then played back by CAPE-2. You can hear "Cape-2 voice repeater is now recording. Playback from the Cape-2 voice repeater. Hello CAPE-2 PY4ZBZ. Thanks for using the Cape-2 voice repeater." Recorded on February 24th 2014 during orbit #1470 on 145.825 MHz and kindly provided by Roland PY4ZBZ.

On April 26th 2014 Davide IW0HLG received the voice signal of CAPE-2 on 145.822 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Davide IW0HLG.

Triton-1
#39427
(2013-066M)

Triton-1 is the first 3U CubeSat of a series of 2, built by ISIS-BV (Innovative Solutions in Space BV) in Delft (NL). This 3.0 kg satellite was launched on November 21st 2013 and is a radio science mission which aims to test an experimental advanced AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver. Telemetry transmission on 145.815 MHz (9600Bd RC-BPSK) includes housekeeping telemetry, payload telemetry as well as received AIS messages. A second VHF-downlink frequency allocate to it is 145.860 MHz. Triton-1 also features a S-band downlink at 2408 MHz. After the 3 month science mission it is planned to reconfigure Triton-1 to U/V FM to DSB repeater mode and open it for amateur use.

Nov. 21st 2013

Enclosed signal from Triton-1 at 145.815 MHz was received on December 26th 2013 at 22:44 UTC by Paul Marsh. Recording kindly provided by Paul M0EYT.

Delfi-n3Xt
#39428
(2013-066N)

Delfi-n3Xt is a 3U cubesat from Delft University of Technology in NL. It is the successor of Delfi-C3, which was launched in April 2008.

Delfi-n3Xt was successfully launched on November 21st 2013 on a Russian Dnepr-rocket.

The primary telemetry downlink is at 145.870 MHz (2400 Baud BFSK, AX.25, 200mW). In addition it features a high speed S-band downlink at 2405 MHz (20-500 kbit/s, MSK, 125 mW).

After the primary objectives of the mission are accomplished the satellite will be made available to radio amateurs. The 145.870 MHz beacon will be active in CW when the 40kHz wide U/V inverting linear transponder with an uplink band of 435.570 - 435.530 MHz and a downlink band of 145.880 - 145.920 MHz is activated.

Delfi-n3Xt also includes a 145.930 MHz 1200Bd AFSK downlink.

Nov. 21st 2013

Enclosed recording wase made on December 21st 2013 at 09:56 UTC on 145.870 MHz first in NFM and then in USB mode by DD1US.

GOMX-1
#39430
(2013-066Q)

GOMSpace's GOMX-1 is a student built amateur radio radio satellite. This Cubesat (2U structure) has a weight of 2 kg and was built by more than 15 students at Aalborg University in Denmark and flown under the auspices of a Government research grant covering space related radio research. The objective of the satellite is to qualify a number of subsystems and provide extensive in-flight data.

The downlink is at 437.250 MHZ with 1k2, 2k4, 4k8 or 9k6 GMSK modulation.

Nov. 21st 2013

Enclosed recording and waterfall plot were made on December 11th 2013 at 21:35 UTC on 437.250 MHz in FM mode by DD1US.

Enclosed signal from GOMX-1 at 437.250 MHz was received on December 26th 2013 at 22:50 UTC by Paul Marsh. Recording and waterfall plot kindly provided by Paul M0EYT.

Enclosed recording was made on March 8th 2014 at 10:12 UTC on 437.250 MHz in FM mode by DD1US.

Enclosed signal from GOMX-1 was received on May 1st 2015 at 08:51 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI . Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

Enclosed CW signal from GOMX-1 was received on September 8th 2016 at 17:58 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI . Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

Morehead OSCAR-76
MO-76
$50SAT
Eagle2
#39436
(2013-066W)

$50SAT has been a collaborative education project between Professor Bob Twiggs,  Morehead State University and 3 radio amateurs, Howie DeFelice, AB2S, Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA, and Stuart Robinson, GW7HPW. The primary purpose of $50SAT (Eagle2) was to create a cost effective platform for engineering and science students to use for developing real world skills. The very small pocketcube (5x5x5.7cm) with a weight of only 0.2 kg has no precision mechanical parts and can be built from locally obtained sheet metal. It was successfully launched from Dombarovsky Air Base in Russia on Nov. 21st 2013 07:11 UTC. The satellite went operational shortly after it was released from Unisat-5. It transmits a slow Morse FM beacon as well as FSK RTTY on 437.505MHz. It has been received already during its first pass over UK.

Nov. 21st 2013

This is from the 5th of the 5 available FM Morse beacons transmitted, and is the one which can be changed via an uplink command.  In May 2014 it was changed to "73 AA2TX" to honor Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, the AMSAT-NA VP f Engineering who died on March 26th 2014.  It was recorded on May 18th 2014 at 17:01 UTC at the AMSAT demo booth at the 2014 Dayton Hamvention (gridsquare EM79). Recording kindly provided by Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA.

This is from a daytime pass near the QTH of KD8QBA (gridsquare EN82), and was recorded by Michael on May 20th 2014 at 15:49 UTC using his FT-817ND operating in LSB mode.  It contains the transmission of RTTY telemetry. Enclosed is also a screen capture of fl-digi decoding the RTTY telemetry (8 bit, 1 stop bit, 100 baud, 630 Hz shift). Recording and screen capture kindly provided by Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA.

On January 3rd 2015 at 11:59 UTC Francisco EA7ADI received the RTTY signal of EAGLE-2. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

LUSAT-OSCAR-74
LO-74
CubeBug-2
Manolito
#39440
(2013-066AA)

Cubebug-2 carries an amateur radio AX.25 packet radio digipeater. It is the second technology demonstration mission for a new 2U CubeSat platform design (mechanics, hardware and software) intended to be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in Amateur projects, University projects and Research labs. This project is sponsored by the Argentinian Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation.

Cubebug-2 transmits its telemetry in AX.25 protocol on 437.445 MHz with 1200bd AFSK or 9600bps FSK/GMSK. The callsign is CUBEB2-6.

Nov. 21st 2013

Jan PE0SAT received the 9600 GMSK signal from Cubebug-2 on November 21st 2013 at 11:58 UTC on 437.445 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Jan van Gils PE0SAT.

On January 14th 2014 during orbit #841 of LUSAT-OSCAR-74 enclosed spectrum of the 9600bd downlink was recorded and kindly provided by Roland PY4ZBZ.

AMSAT-OSCAR-73
AO-73
FUNcube-1
#39444
(2013-066AE)

FUNcube-1 was successfully launched on November 21st 2013 and is an educational single CubeSat project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. It supports the educational Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives. FUNcube features a 145.935 MHz telemetry beacon (1200bps BPSK) that provides a strong signal for the primary and secondary pupils to receive. Measuring just 10cm x 10cm x 10cm, and with a mass of less than 1kg, FUNcube-1 also carries a linear transponder. This UHF (435.150 - 435.130 MHz) to VHF (145.950 - 145.970 MHz) linear transponder with approx 500mW PEP output power is used by Radio Amateurs worldwide for SSB and CW communications.
It was reported by Bob WB4SON that up- and downlink frequencies show an offset of 18kHz versus the planned scheme. Without taking into account any doppler-shift an uplink signal at 435.16048 MHz should be received at a downlink frequency of 145.95752 MHz.

Nov. 21st 2013

Enclosed signal from FUNcube-1was received on November 22nd 2013 at 22:51 UTC on 145.935 MHz. by Marco Bauer. Recording kindly provided by Marco Bauer.

Enclosed signals of the linear transponder downlink were received and recorded on December 10th 2013 at 20:42 UTC by DD1US.

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If you have further recordings from space objects please let me know. I will be happy to add them to my homepage. Many thanks in advance.

Vy 55 & 73 de Matthias DD1US               


 
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