Sounds from Space

 

Sounds from Scientific, Meteorological and Commercial Satellites 2012-2013

This part of my audio collection is dedicated to commercial and scientific satellites. I started this separate section when Greg Roberts, ZS1BI in Cape Town, started to convert some of his old recordings from a tape recorder with elastic belt drives to electronic format. Greg is a retired professional astronomer and since 1957 has been actively involved in the tracking of artificial satellites, both by optical and radio means. Click on his picture to the right to get more information about him and his activities.

Greg Roberts ZS1BI

Many thanks to Greg Roberts ZS1BI for getting this section started and to all the other people who kindly contributed: Alois Ochojski DL3PD/SK, Roy Welch W0SL, Sven Grahn, Kurt Ringel DF7FU, Chris Gross, Mike D. Kenny, Brian Hougesen OZ1SKY, Michael Fletcher OH2AUE, Dale Ireland, Alan Banks, Paul Marsh M0EYT, Patrick DK193WN, Mike Rupprecht DK3WN, Loren Moline WA7SKT, Maik Hermenau, Jean-Louis Rault F6AGR, Dick Flagg AH6NM, Don P. Mitchell, Bill Chaikin KA8VIT, Dick Daniels W4PUJ/SK, Patrick Hajagos, Henk Hamoen PA3GUO, Thomas Koziel DG3IX, Tobias Lindemann, Josef Huber, Tetsu Satou-san JA0CAW, Jan van Gils PE0SAT, Nils von Storch, Darko Cikac 9A3LI, Federico Manzini, Phil Williams, Jos Heymann, Roland Proesch DF3LZ, Davide D'Aliesio IW0HLG, Giulio Manzoni IV3DTB/9V1FC, Fer Paglia IW1DTU, Enrico Gobbetti IW2AGJ, Raydel Abreu Espinet CM2ESP, Flavio Archelango PY2ZX, Frederick W. Krappe, Colin Mackellar, Aitor Conde, Davide D'Aliesio IW0HLG, Jean-Pierre Godet F5YG, Milen Rangelov, Francisco Alarcon EA7ADI, Luc Fontaine VE2FXL, Roland Zurmely PY4ZBZ, Rob Engberts PA0RWE, Edgar J. Kaiser DF2MZ, Egor Melcov UB1QBJ, Graham Leighton G8FXB, Luciano Fabricio PY5LF, Igor Monteiro PU4ELT and Daniel Rosentritt DL7NDR.

Picture

Object name
#NORAD

Description

Launch
Date

Weight

NAVID
#38075
(2012-005A) 

NAVID (Navid-e Elm-o Sanat) is the third Iranian satellite. It was built by the Iran University of Science and Technology. It was placed into orbit by a new configuration of the Safir carrier rocket on February 3rd 2012 at 00:04 UTC. The expected operational life time is 18 months. The low earth orbit has a height of 382x283 km and an inclination of 56 degrees. It is an experimental earth observation satellite.

Feb 3rd 2012

50 kg

Enclosed audio file as well as the spectrum plot and waterfall diagram was recorded on February 5th 2012 around 00:30 UTC on 464.988 MHz while NAVID was over Europe approaching Iran. Kindly provided by Darko 9A3LI.

LARES
#38077
(2012-006A)

The new Vega launcher of ESA started a flawless maiden flight on Monday February 13th at 10:00 UTC. The launcher first deployed the main payload LARES (Laser Relativity Spacecraft) into a circular low earth orbit with a height of 1200km and an inclination of 71°. Vega then made an additional firing of the final OVUM stage before deploying the secondary cubesat payloads into elliptical low earth orbits with perigees around 350km and apogees around 1450 km. In total there were 8 student built amateur radio satellites deployed. You can find more details below.

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Feb 13th 2012

400 kg

ALMASat-1
#38078
(2012-006B)

ALMASat-1 (Alma Mater Satellite) was built by the University of Bologna in Italy. This micro-satellite is a 30 cm cube with a weight of 12.5 kg. Its primary downlink is at 437.465 MHz in 1200 bps AFSK (beacon every 2 minutes) and in addition a beacon downlink is at 2407.850 MHz.

Feb 13th 2012

12.5 kg

Enclosed audio file was received and recorded on February 14th at 16:51 UTC by Mike Rupprecht. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN. 

e-st@r
#38079
(2012-006C) 

e-st@r was built at Politecnico di Torino in Italy. This nano-satellite has a weight of 1 kg. Its primary mission is the demonstration of an active 3-axis Attitude Determination and Control system including an inertial measurement unit. Its downlink is at 437.445 MHz in 1200 bps AFSK. The callsign is E-STAR-I. After launch e-st@r was received by multiple stations around the world. As he was strongly tumbling he was put in "power save mode" to wait until his attitude is stabilized.

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Feb 13th 2012

1 kg

Goliat
#38080
(2012-006D)

Goliat was built at the University of Bucharest in Romania. This nano-satellite has a weight of 1 kg. Its goal is to provide imaging of the Earth surface using a digital camera and in-situ measurement of radiation dose and micro-meteoroit flux. Its beacon downlink is at 437.485 MHz transmitting telemetry in 1200 bps AFSK as well as in CW (morse code) with 20 WPM. The downlink for the images is in the 2.4 GHz ISM band with a speed of 115.2 kbps using a commecial FHSS transceiver.

Feb 13th 2012

1 kg

Enclosed audio file was received and recorded on February 18th at 06:30 UTC by Mike Rupprecht. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

Robusta
#38084
(2012-006H)

Robusta (Radiation on Bipolar Test for University Satellite Application) was built at the University of Montpellier in France. This nano-satellite has a weight of 1 kg. Its purpose is to test and evaluate radiation effects (low dose rate) on bipolar transistor electronic components. Robusta has a telemetry downlink at 437.325 MHz in 1200 bps FM with one data burst of 20 seconds every 3 minutes. Following the thermal vacuum test the Robusta development team recommends to listen between 437.325 and 437.350 MHz. Faint signals were heard after the launch but soon after no more signals were received.

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Feb 13th 2012

1 kg

UniCubeSat GG
#38085
(2012-006J)

UniCubeSat GG (University CubeSat - Gravity Gradient) was built at the University of Rome in Italy. This nano-satellite has a weight of 1 kg. The UNICubeSat mission goal is the in situ measurement of atmospheric density. Its downlink frequency is 437.305 MHz in 9k6 FSK. There have been no reports of reception of this satellite.

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Feb 13th 2012

1 kg

MUOS 1
#38093
(2012-009A)

The MUOS-1 spacecraft is the first of planned five in the next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system that will replace the legacy Ultra High Frequency Follow-On system. Offering enhanced capabilities to the mobile warfighter, MUOS will provide 10 times greater communications capacity than the legacy system. MUOS-1 was launched on February 24th 2012 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on an Atlas V launch vehicle. It is probably stationed in a geostationary orbit at 177° West.

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Feb 24th 2012

6740 kg

FIA Radar 2
USA-234
NROL-25
#38109
 (2012-014A)

FIA Radar 2 (USA 234. NROL-25) is the second of the FIA Radar satellites, and the third launch (assuming that the failed USA 193 was the first) in the Future Imagery Architecture (FIA) series. It was launched on April 3rd 2012 at 23:12 GMT on a Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Station in California into a circular retrograde orbit with an altitude of 1080 km and an inclination of 123 degree. The satellite ceased transmissions of a continuous tone on 2242.5 MHz sometime on April 9th 2012.

Apr 3rd 2012

 

FIA (Future Image Architecture) Radar 2 was received on April 6th 2012 by Greg Roberts. He generated enclosed frequency plot versus time which allows the assessment of the doppler-shift behaviour.
There are actually four satellites in this picture:
- the satellite starting on left edge and just starting to go through time of closest approach is USA 179
- then comes the doppler curve of FIA-Radar-2
- the three parallel lines beneath USA 179 are a SDS satellite to his west - main carrier red with two sidebands
- then at right edge the bright whitish trace is the SDS satellite to his east.
The reason the intensities of the two geostationary satellites varies is because he was using a directional helical antenna to follow FIA-Radar-2. Ignore all other horizontal lines...

Beidou M4
BD-2 M4
#38251
(2012-018B)

Beidou M4, a Chinese navigation satellite, was launched from Xichang on April 29th 2012 at 20:50 UT by a Long March 3B rocket jointly with Beidou M3 into a highly inclined MEO. It was the first time China launched a dual-satellite primary payload into high-altitude orbit. Both satellites are part of the Beidou navigation constellation, also known as the Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), China's second-generation satellite navigation system. CNSS is capable of providing continuous, real-time passive 3D geo-spatial positioning and speed measurement.

Apr 29th 2012

1100 kg

The S-Band downlink of Beidou M4 on 2256 MHz was received and enclosed FFT plot was generated in May 2014 by Milen Rangelov.

Meteosat-10
MSG-3
#38552
(2012-035B)

Meteosat-10 is a geostarionary weather satellite stationed at 0 degree longitude. It transmits LRIT data (128 kbps) at 1691 MHz and HRIT data (1.0 Mbps) at 1695.150 MHz. In addition there is a downlink to the primary ground station (3.27 Mbps) at 1686.833 MHz.

July 5th 2012

2037 kg

Enclosed signal from Meteosat-10 was received on November 11th 2017 at 1691 MHz in USB. This is the LRIT downlink signal with a bandwidth of 660kHz and a data rate of 128kbps. Enclosed spectrum and waterfall diagrams show the signal with good SNR.

Meteosat-10 also features a TT&C beacon on 2242.500 MHz. This is alsways a nice test signal when testing an S-band setup. Enclosed recording and spectrum plot was received on February 12th 2018 at 13:00 UTC by DD1US. The audio recording of the carrier was done in CW mode-. You can see sidebands of the carrier on the waterfall display.

COSMOS 2481
KOSMOS 2481
Strela-3 #143
#38733
(2012-041A)

Cosmos 2481 was launched by a Rokot-KM rocket from Plesetsk July 28th2012. COSMOS 2481 is used for store-dump communications by Russian government and military.

July 28th 2012

200 kg

COSMOS 2481 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on October 12th 2013 at 19:06 UTC on 244.5125 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the ID of the satellite. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

GONETS M04
15L
#38736
(2012-041D)

Gonets-M are upgraded versions of the Gonets satellites, a civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. They are store-dump communications satellites for Russia's civilian system. Gonets M4 was launched together with COSMOS 2481.

July 28th 2012

280 kg

GONETS M04 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on January 2nd 2014 at 19:07 UTC on 263.085 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the multitone sigal. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ. 

AENEAS
KE6YFA-1
#38760
 (2012-048C)

Aeneas is a nanosatellite project of the University of Southern California/Space Engineering Research Center (USC/SERC). It uses a modified 3U (30 × 10 × 10 cm) cubesat. The primary purpose of this satellite is to track cargo containers over the open ocean with a 1-watt WiFi-like transceiver (using 2425 MHz) and a custom-built deploy-able mesh antenna. It also features a 70cm beacon transmitting on 437.600 MHz an AX25 1200bd AFSK signal using the callsign KE6YFA-1.

Sept 13th 2012

4 kg

AENEAS' 70cm downlink was received one day after launch by Mike Rupprecht DK3WN on September 14th 2012 at 12:15h UTC.
He decoded the following telemetry:
KE6YFA-1>CQ,TELEM:
4341455255531D0040020001010
B0600181EFB030000001000F07
5007E7213004167DB45A7A407
Spectrum plot and audio recording kindly provided by DK3WN. 

CSSWE
 #38761
 (2012-048D)

The Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE) is an NSF-funded 3U CubeSat (30×10×10 cm) which houses an energetic particle telescope. It transmits bursts every 18 seconds on 437.345 MHz in 9k6 FSK AX.25, FM.

Sept 13th 2012

4 kg

 CSSWE was received one day after launch by Mike Rupprecht DK3WN on September 14th 2012 at 12:21h UTC. Spectrum plot and audio recording kindly provided by DK3WN. 

CalPoly-5
CP5
 #38763
 (2012-048F)

CP5 is a 1U CubeSat developed by Cal Poly's PolySat Program. The payload is designed to test a deployable spacecraft de-orbiting thin-film mechanism. The mechanism consists of a miniature solar sail, similar to the ones used by NanoSail-D or LightSail but much smaller in size. It transmits bursts every 2 minutes on 437.405 MHz 1k2 AFSK AX.25, LSB with an output power of 1 W.

Sept 13th 2012

1 kg

CP5 was received one day after launch by Mike Rupprecht DK3WN on September 14th 2012 at 08:58h UTC. Spectrum plot and audio recording kindly provided by DK3WN. 

METOP-B
#38771
 (2012-049A)

METOP (Meteorological Operational) is Europe's first polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite. It is the European contribution to the Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS), a co-operative agreement between Eumetsat and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide data for climate and environmental monitoring and improved weather forecasting. Metop-A was launched in 2006, Metop-B followed in 2012, Metop-C is scheduled for 2018.

The downlinks are all digital with RHCP and as follows:
Service Frequency          Bandwidth         Data rate
GDS       7800 MHz        63000  kHz        70000  kbps
AHRPT  1701.3 MHz       4500  kHz          3500  kbps
AHRPT  1707 MHz          4500  kHz          3500  kbps
LRPT      137.1 MHz          150  kHz               72  kbps
L
RPT      137.9125 MHz    150  kHz               72  kbps
ADCS     465.9875 MHz        1  kHz        0.2/0.4  kbps
Unfortunately LRPT is not activated due to a problem in the satellite.

Sept 17th 2012

4424 kg

On October 17th 2017 at 09:28h UTC DD1US received the AHRPT downlink signal on 1701.3 MHz. You can find a WFM audio recording and a spectrum plot above. Below you can find a picture which was decoded and kindly provided by USA-Satcom from the recorded I/Q-data of DD1US.

VRSS-1
Francisco Miranda
#38782
(2012-052A)

VRSS 1 is Venezuela's first remote sensing satellite. Its mission is to help the country monitor its territory, specifically helping it protect its environment, monitor disasters, estimate agricultural harvests and plan the urban environment. In 2012, it has been renamed Francisco Miranda. It was built by China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The VRSS-1 satellite was launched on a CZ-2D (2) launch vehicle, developed by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center into a 654km LEO.

Sept 29th 2012

880 kg

The S-Band downlink on 2243 MHz of VRSS-1 was received and enclosed FFT plot was generated in May 2014 by Milen Rangelov.

FITSAT-1
NIWAKA
#38853
(1998-067CP)

FITSAT-1 is a 10cm cube, and the weight is 1.33kg. It was built by the Fukuoka Institute of Technology. The main mission of FITSAT-1 is to demonstrate a high speed 115.2kbps FSK downlink on 5.8 GHz. It shall send a VGA (640x480pix) resolution jpeg image data at in 5 to 6 seconds. The second mission goal is to make the satellites twinkles as an ‘artificial star’ using high-output LEDs. FITSAT-1 was deployed from ISS on October 4th at 15:44 UTC. Enclosed picture of the ISS was taken by FITSAT-1 shortly after its deployment. Beside the downlink for picture transmission on 5.840 GHz, (115.2 kBit/s FSK) FITSAT-1 features downlinks on 437.445 MHz (1k2 AFSK AX.25, FM) and a CW beacon on 437.250 MHz (also FM modulation).

Oct. 4th 2012

1.3 kg

Enclosed CW signal was received and recorded on October 6th 2012 at 21:29 GMT on 437.258 MHz by DD1US.

Meridian 6
Meridian 16 L
#38995
(2012-063A)

Meridian 6 is a Russian military/government communications satellite launched on a Soyuz 2-1a rocket with a Fregat upper stage from Plesetsk, Russia. Meridian combines the military and civilian tasks of the former Molniya-1 and Molniya-3 satellites, together with the clandestine communications function of the outgoing LEO Parus satellites. Meridian 6 has a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) with an inclination of 63°, also called Molniya orbit. Meridian 6 has multiple transponders:
P-Band downlink: 277.4 - 278.4 MHz,
UHF-Band downlink: 484.250 MHz 38 kHz wide,
C-Band downlink: approx. 3600 MHz.

Nov. 14th 2012

> 2000 kg

On December 31st 2014 at 11:33 UTC Paul Marsh received a low data rate FSK signal on the C-Band downlink at 3610 MHz of Meridian 6 C. Audio recording kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

On January 6th 2020 at 12:32 UTC Roland Proesch received the X-band beacon of Meridian 6 at 7600 MHz. The second recording was recorded with a wider bandwidth of 24kHz. Audio recordings kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

SKYNET 5D1
#39034
(2012-075A)

SKYNET 5D is a military communications satellite constructed and operated by Astrium on behalf of the British Ministry of Defence. It was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket and the last of four Skynet 5 satellites. The Skynet 5D spacecraft is based on the Eurostar 3000S satellite bus with its 34-metre solar arrays generating a minimum of 6 kilowatts power. Downlinks are in UHF band (so far reported 249.950, 253.500, 257.700 and 261.200 MHz) and X-band (7492.200MHz). The satellite's payload includes jamming countermeasures.

Dec. 19th 2012

4800 kg

The spectum plot of the TTM signal at 7492.2 MHz was recorded on January 4th 2013 at 09:51UTC and kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT from www.uhf-satcom.com.

SARAL
#39086
(2013-009A) 

SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtika) was built and launched jointly by ISRO in India and CNES in France. It was launched with an Indian PSLV-CA rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre into a circular sun synchroneous near polar orbit with an inclination of 98.5° and an altitude of 785km. The SARAL mission is complementary to the Jason-2 mission of NASA/NOAA and CNES/EUMETSAT. It fills the gap between Envisat and the Sentinel 3 mission of the European GMES program. The combination of two altimetry missions in orbit has a considerable impact on the reconstruction of sea surface height (SSH), reducing the mean mapping error by a factor of 4.

SARAL has an L-band downlink at 1698.4 MHz with a bandwidth of 1 MHz and a X-band downlink at 8212.5 MHz with a datarate of 105Mbit/s .

Feb 25th 2013

409 kg

SARAL features also a A-DCS UHF downlink on 465.9875 MHz. The downlink signal at 465.953 MHz was received on April 25th 2017 at 05:35 UTC by Patrick Hajagos. Recording and waterfall plot kindly provided by Patrick Hajagos.

AAUSAT-III
AAUSAT-3
#39087
(2013-009B) 

AAUSAT 3 was a cubesat designed and built by students at Aalborg University in Denmark.The purpose of the spacecraft was to provide experience for advanced-level students in the design and construction of space technology. The spacecraft was designed to operate on a non-centralized basis so it would be able to continue functioning even when certain subsystems failed. It carried two automated identification system (AIS) receivers -one based on SDR principle. The images recorded by the satellite were later transmitted to the ground station located at Aalborg University, from which they were made accessible for the general public. AAUSAT-3 transmits at 437.425 MHz in MSK 9k6, FM and also a CW beacon. It is using the callsign OZ3CUB.

Feb 25th 2013

0.8 kg

Enclosed CW  signal from AAUSAT-3 was received during orbit #912 on April 30th 2013 by Jean-Pierre F5YG. The CW signal is starting with "Start of Message" -.-.- then "OZ3CUB B7.5 T37 +". Recording kindly provided by Jean-Pierre Godet F5YG.

STRaND-1
#39090
(2013-009E) 

STRaND-1 (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator 1) is using a three Cubesat (3U) module structure to provide a quick and cost-effective framework to test the applications of smartphone technology in space. The 4.3 kg nanosatellite was launched into orbit on board a PSLV Rocket from India on February 25th 2013 becoming the first smartphone satellite in space. Its downlink is at 437.568 MHz 9k6 FSK AX.25 (later 19k2).

Feb 25th 2013

4.3 kg

Enclosed signals from STRaND-1 were received and recorded on April 30th 2015 at 18:40 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recordings kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

TUGsat 1
BRITE-Austria
BRITE-A
CANX 3B
#39091
(2013-009F) 

TUGSat 1 (Technische Universität Graz Satellit), also known as BRITE-Austria (BRIght-star Target Explorer - Austria), is a mission to make photometric observations of some of the brightest starts in the sky in order to examine these stars for variability. The scientific instrument is an optical camera with a high-resolution CCD to take images from distant stars with magnitude of 3.5. The observations will have a precision at least 10 times better than achievable using ground-based observations, and it will be packaged inside a CanX-class nanosatellite. BRITE-Austria transmits on 2234.4 MHz in BPSK with datarates between 32kbit/s and 26kbit/s. The transmit power is 500mW.

Feb 25th 2013

7 kg

The S-Band downlink of Brite-Austria was received and enclosed FFT plot was generated in June 2014 by Milen Rangelov.

OSSI-1
#39131
(2013-015B)

OSSI-1, the Open Source Satellite Initiative satellite is a cubesat developed by Hojun Song DS1SBO. In addition to the radio beacons. OSSI-1 also carries a 44 watt LED optical beacon to flash Morse Code messages to observers on Earth.

OSSI-1 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. The OSSI-1 CubeSat was deployed from its Pod on the top of Bion-M1 at 16:15 UTC.

OSSI-1 has a downlink in the 2m Amateur Radio band at 145.980 MHz with CW/1200Bd as well as in the 70cm Amateur Radio band at 437.525 MHZ. OSSI-1 was supposed to use the callsign DS1SBO. No signals have ever been received since its release.

Apr. 19th 2013

1 kg

 

DOVE-2
#39132
(2013-015C)

DOVE-2 is a commercial technology demonstrator from Cosmogia Inc and is based a 3U cubesat structure with deployable solar arrays. Dove 2 will also collect images of the Earth. The mission of DOVE-2 is expected to last about 6 months. The orbit will be a 290 km by 575 km LEO with an inclination of 64.9°.

DOVE-2 was launched together with Bion-M1, AIST and some amateur radio satellites from Launch Complex 31 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 19th 2013 at 1000 UTC.

DOVE-2 has a downlink in the 450 MHz band and there is possibly also a downlink in the 2420.0 MHz band.

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Apr. 19th 2013

 5.8 kg

AIST-2
RS-43
#39133
(2013-015D)

AIST-2 is a russian microsatellite developed by a group of students, postgraduates and scientists of Samara Aerospace University in cooperation with TsSKB-Progress. It was launched on a Soyuz-2-1a with the Bion-M 1 satellite on April 19th 2013. Two days after the launch, TsSKB Progress announced that the satellite had successfully separated from its host spacecraft Bion-M1 on April 21st 2013 at 18:02 Moscow time. The satellite will measure the geomagnetic field, test the new small space vehicle bus, test methods to decrease microaccelerations to a minimum level and measure micrometeoroids of natural and artificial origin. It features uplink antennas for 145 MHz and downlink antennas for UHF.

AIST-2 transmits a CW beacon on 435.215 MHz using the callsign RS43.

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Apr. 19th 2013

53 kg

GAOFEN
Gaofen-1
GF 1
#39150
(2013-018A)

Gaofen-1 is a Chinese remote sensing satellite, possibly for cartography. Its name means "high resolution" in English. GF 1 is an optical satellite with a 2 m resolution pan-chromatic camera, a 8 m resolution multi-spectral camera and a 16 m resolution wide-angle multi-spectral camera. It will operate as part of a system to combine data from satellites in orbit with data from sensors flown within the atmosphere by aircraft.

Apr 26th 2013

1080 kg

The S-Band downlink on 2235.1 MHz of GAOFEN-1 was received and enclosed FFT plot was generated in June 2014 by Milen Rangelov.

NEE-01 Pegaso
NEE-01 Pegasus
#39151
(2013-018B)

NEE-01 Pegaso is the first satellite from Ecuador. it is a 1U-Cubesat built by the Ecuadorian Space Agency. The nano-satellite was launched on a Chinese CZ-2D (2) rocket. The 1.2kg Cubesat is 10cmx10cmx10cm and has 2 deployable solar arrays with a span of 75cm. The spacecraft includes a camera which will take pictures from space and transmits them in SSTV (various modes) back to Earth. Furthermore the satellite will transmit live video with a resolution of 720p HD TV. The TV transmitter at 910 MHz will have an output power of 0.9 Watts and a bandwidth of 25 MHz. The effective transmit power is 2 Watts EIRP. NEE-01 Pegasus also includes a CW beacon.

Apr. 26th 2013

1.2 kg

NEE-01 Pegasus is only transmitting when it is over Ecuador. The signal is then received by their groundstation and streamed in the internet. On the right you can see a still picture extracted from such a video received and streamed on May 20th 2013 at 15:39 UTC. Picture and enclosed video stream recorded and kindly provided by Patrick Hajagos.

PROBA-V
#39159
(2013-021A)

PROBA-V (Project for On-Board Autonomy - Vegetation) was launched on May 7th 2013 at 02:06 UTC as part of the VEGA VV02 mission as the primary payload into a 820km circular orbit.

PROBA-V is operated by ESA (European Space Agency). It is intended to be an improved smaller version of the large VGT (Vegetation) optical instrument of SPOT-4 and SPOT-5 mission and shall guarantee data continuity for the Vegetation dataset once the current Spot missions end.

May 7th 2013

158 kg

PROBA-V has an S-band downlink at 2235 MHz. The  downlink mode can be switched between CCSDS BPSK @ 329900 Baud and a widseband mode. Enclosed spectrum plots show the 2 different modes. Signals were received on May 9th 2013 at 10:21 UTC and 12:03 UTC. Spectrum plots kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

In enclosed audio file you can hear the central carrier changing frequency and thus pitch due to doppler shift. Recorded on May 9th at 12:05 UTC and kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0YET.

This audio-file and he spectrum were recorded on May 9th 2013 at 21:50 UTC at 2235 MHz when PROBA-V was in narrow mode. The receiver was tuned in the middle of the data, and what we can hear are the individual PSK carriers caused by the data modulation. Due to doppler shift it sounds like its one carrier going up and down, but in reality its many carriers passing thru the RX passband. Recording kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0YET.

The S-Band downlink on 2235 MHz of Proba-V was received and enclosed FFT plot was generated in May 2014 by Milen Rangelov.

VNREDSAT 1
VNREDSAT-1A
#39160
(2013-021B)

VNREDSat-1 (short for Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Satellite) is the first optical Earth Observing satellite of Vietnam.
It was built by EADS Astrium and its primary mission is to monitor and study the effects of climate change, predict and take measures to prevent natural disasters, and optimise the management of Vietnam's natural resources.
VNREDSAT-1A has a S-band downlink at 2240 MHz which was reeived by Paul Marsh M0EYT on May 9th 2013 21:32 UTC. Spectrum plot kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

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May 7th 2013

120 kg

ESTCube-1
#39161
(2013-021C)

ESTCube-1 is the first Estonian satellite.It is a cubesat measuring 10 x 10 x 10 cm and weighing 1.33 kg.
It was built by students from Tartu University, Estonian Aviation Academy, Tallinn University of Technology and University of Life Sciences. The satellite's payload has been developed in conjunction with Finnish Meteorological Institute and German Space Center (DLR).
The main mission of the satellite is to test a novel space propulsion technology, an electric solar wind sail.
ESTCube-1 transmits a CW beacon with 19 wpm at 437.250 MHz with 100mW using the callsign ES5E/S and a telemetry signal with 9600Bd FSK AX.25 at 437.505 MHz with 500 mW using the callsign ES5E-11.
EstCube-1 was launched on May 7
th 2013 at 02:06 UTC as part of the VEGA VV02 mission with the primary payload being PROBA-V. ESTCube-1 was dispensed together with another secondary payload, VNREDSAT-1A, from the VESPA secondary payload platform.

May 7th 2013

1.33 kg

This spectum plot of the ESTCube-1 CW beacon signal at 437.247 MHz was recorded on May 8th 2013 at 20:57UTC and kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

Enclosed audio recording of the 9600Bd signal of ESTCube-1 was received and recorded on May 9th 2013. It was kept as plain wav file (10 MByte large) to allow others to decode it. Kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

Enclosed audio recordings of the CW beacon of ESTCube-1 were received and recorded on May 9th 2013 at 21:27 UTC. Recordings kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

This spectum plot of the 900bd signal of ESTCube-1 at 437.510 MHz was recorded on December 31st 2013 at 11:52UTC and kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

MUOS 2
#39206
(2013-036A)

MUOS (Mobile User Objective System) is a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system designed to significantly improve ground communications for U.S. forces on the move. MUOS serves a dual-provider of both voice traffic currently routed by the Navy's existing generation, albeit aging, Ultra High Frequency Follow-On spacecraft, but it also creates a new era of mobile communications built around 3G cellular technology to relay narrowband tactical information such as calls, data messaging, file transfers and email on rates of up to 384 Kilobits per second. MUOS-2 was launched by the USA on an ATLAS V from Cape Canaveral. It is probably located on a geostationary orbit at 100° West.

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July 19th 2013

6740 kg

Alphasat
Alphasat I-XL
Inmarsat-4A F4
#392xx
(2013-038A)

Alphasat or Inmarsat-4A F4 (originally Alphasat I-XL or Inmarsat XL) is a joint ESA and Inmarsat communications satellite using the Alphabus proto-flight platform, achieving in-orbit validation of the ESA initiated platform through a commercial operator. Alphasat features a new generation digital signal processor for the payload, and a 12-meter aperture antenna reflector, the latest in a line of successful AstroMesh deployable, large aperture reflectors developed and built by Astro Aerospace. The spacecraft has an electrical power of 12 kW and an expected lifetime of 15 years. Inmarsat flew an extended L-band payload, in parallel to and supporting its existing world-leading global mobile satellite services. This Inmarsat mission definition is based around multimedia mobile services already provided by the current Inmarsat-4 satellites through Broadband Global Area Network (GAN). The satellite is positioned at 25 degrees east, with its coverage centred over Africa and providing additional coverage to Europe, the Middle-East and parts of Asia.

July 25th 2013

6649 kg

Alphasat is also transmitting the Outernet signal covering Europe and Africa on 1546.250 MHz. Enclosed recording and spectrum screenshots of the 5 kHz wide Outernet signal were received on 1546.2497 MHz on December 3rd 2017.

KH-11 6
Crystal 16
USA 245
NROL 65
#39232
(2013-043A)

Keyhole KH-11 6 was launched on August 28th 2013 with a Delta-4H rocket from Vandenberg, This series of satellites feature the Enhanced Imaging System (EIS) and are believed to use a 2.4 m diameter prime mirror, which would proved a theoretical ground resolution of 15 cm. Operational resolution would be worse due to effects of the atmosphere.

Enclosed spectrum plots of KH-11 6 were received and between August 30th and September 3rd on 2242,502 MHz by Paul M0EYT.

Initial signal received on August 30th 2013.

Another pass showing the downlink in coherant mode, locked to a groundstation, most likely at Thule AFB in Greenland.

Strange effects probably caused by reflections and nulling of the S-Band downlink signal.

Spectrum plots kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

Aug 28th 2013

13500 kg

CUSat
Nanosat 4A
#39266
(2013-055B) 

CUSat was built by Cornell-University in Ithake, NJ, USA. It is an autonomous in-orbit inspection satellite system and will allow to test the accuracy of the carrier-phase differential GPS (CDGPS) to less than 10 cm by comparing the CDGPS navigation solution to the known distance between the GPS antennas. The satellite, being equipped with a camera, will also capture imagery, of the Earth, the Moon, and the comet ISON, and send these images to a ground station on Earth. The nano-satellite is also equipped with Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs). These will be tested last, once the other mission objectives have been verified. CUSat was launched on the maiden Falcon-9.1.1 launch from Vandenberg AFB.

  • Beacon Downlink Frequency: 437.405 MHz FM (UHF band)
  • Beaconed Callsign: BOTTOM
  • FCC Callsign: WG2XTI
  • Data Rate: 1200 baud
  • Modulation: AFSK
  • Transmit Interval: Every 1 minute
  • RF Power Output: 2.2 W
  • Antenna Polarization: Linear

Sep 29th 2013

25 kg

Jan PE0SAT received the 1200bd AFSK downlink signal of CUSat on October 10th 2013 at 17:59 UTC on 437.4055 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Jan van Gils PE0SAT.

DANDE
NANOSAT 5
#39267
(2013-055C)

DANDE (Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer) is a low-cost satellite developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) with about 150 students contributing. Measuring drag and neutral particles in the lower atmosphere between 325-400 kilometers, DANDE will be measuring real time density, quantifying variations in altitude and over time, as well as providing in-situ model calibration data. The satellite is a low-cost density, wind, and composition measuring instruments that will provide data for the calibration and validation of operational models and improve our understanding of the thermosphere. Weighing approximately 84 pounds, DANDE is classified as a nano-satellite that is about 18 inches in diameter. DANDE transmits every15 seconds on 436.750 MHz FM, 9k6 FSK with an output power of 750 mW. The antenna is linearly polarized. DANDE uses the callsign "dandecosgc".

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Sept 29th 2013

50 kg

ArduSat
ArduSat-1
#39412
(2013-067DA)

ArduSat (short for Arduino Satellite) is a miniature cubic satellite with a payload computer comprised of an array of AVR processors. It has a suite of 25+ sensors, including three cameras, a Geiger counter, spectrometer, magnetometer. The 1U cubesat was deployed from ISS on November 19th 2013 at 12:18 UTC. Using the callsign WG9XFC-1 it transmits on 437.325 MHz telemetry using 9600bps MSK/CCSDS encoding. In addition it features a FSK-CW beacon at 437.000 MHz.

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Nov. 19th 2013

1 kg

Pico Dragon
#39413
(2013-067DB)

Pico Dragon, the Made-in-Vietnam micro satellite, was deployed together with three other micro satellites of the United States from ISS on November 19th 2013 at 12:18 UTC. Using the callsign XV0PID Pico-Dragon transmits a CW beacon on 437.250 MHz with an output power of 100mW. In addition it features a 1200Bd AFSK AX.25 downlink at 437.365 MHz with an output power of 800mW.

Nov. 19th 2013

1 kg

Enclosed CW  signal from Pico Dragon was received during orbit #592 on December 27th 2013 by Jean-Pierre F5YG. The CW signal is "5 PICODRAGON VIETNAM 5". Recording kindly provided by Jean-Pierre Godet F5YG.

ArduSat
ArduSat-X
#39414
(2013-067DC)

ArduSat (short for Arduino Satellite) is a miniature cubic satellite with a payload computer comprised of an array of AVR processors. It has a suite of 25+ sensors, including three cameras, a Geiger counter, spectrometer, magnetometer. The 1U cubesat was deployed from ISS on November 19th 2013 at 12:18 UTC. Using the callsign WG9XFC-X it transmits on 437.345 MHz telemetry using 9600bps MSK/CCSDS encoding. In addition it features a FSK-CW beacon at 437.000 MHz.

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Nov. 19th 2013

1 kg

TechEdSat-3
Techedsat 3P
#39415
(1998-067DD)

TechEdSat 3 (Technical and Educational Satellite 3) is a 3U CubeSat. It was built as a conjoined project between San Jose State University (SJSU) and the University of Idaho as a collaborative engineering project, with oversight from the NASA Ames Research Center. TechEdSAT-3p is the first flight test of an Exo-Brake passive de-orbit system. Building on the predecessor, TechEdSAT-3p is a triple cubesat (3U) with a set of dual advanced avionics systems powered by the previous core system. In 2U of the packaging (roughly 2/3 of the volume), there is stowed an erectable deployment system that would place the Exo-Brake in the desired orientation. It was deployed from ISS on November 20th 2013.

TechEdSat-3p has a designated downlink frequency of 437.465 MHz (1200bd AFSK AX.25 800mW).

TechEdSat-3 was decayed in January 2014.

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Nov. 20th 2013

4 kg

Trailblazer-1
SPA-1 Trailblazer
#39400
(2013-064W)

Trailblazer is a Cubesat built from the Configurable Space Research at the University of New Mexico (Craig KE5VSH). Trailblazer transmits telemetry every 50 seconds at 437.425MHz in AX.25,/ 9600Bd.

No signals have been received yet.

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Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

DragonSat-1
#39383
(2013-064D) 

DragonSat-1 was built at Drexel University and the US Naval University (Jin KB3UKS). The mission of DragonSat-1 is to take pictures of the northern and southern aurora to observe the radiation dissipation intensity during the solar events. It is also planned to perform a technology demonstration of boom deployment mechanism in space. DragonSat transmits telemetry every 30 seconds at 145.870 MHz in AX.25 / 9600 Bd.

No signals have been received yet.

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Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

SwampSat
#39402
(2013-064Y) 

SwampSat is a 1U student-developed CubeSat mission of the University of Florida (UFL) in Gainesville, FL, USA. The goal of the project is to advance the TRL (Technology Readiness Level) of CMGs (Control Moment Gyroscopes) appropriate for smallsats, as a means of increasing the capabilities, and hence the utility of CubeSats. Using the callsign WG4SAT it transmits on 437.385 MHz a 9600bps telemetry signal in FSK AX.25 every 60 seconds with 1 Watt output power.

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Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

COPPER
#39395
(2013-064R) 

COPPER (Close Orbiting Propellant Plume and Elemental Recognition) is a 1U CubeSat to flight-test the use of a commercial microbolometer (long-wave infrared imager) for Earth observing and space situational awareness. Using the callsign COPPER it transmits on 437.290 MHz a 9600bps telemetry signal in FSK AX.25 every 10 seconds.

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Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

Vermont Lunar Cubesat
#39407
(2013-064AD) 

Vermont Lunar Cube’s primary mission is to make navigation estimates for a future moon project, in which another cube satellite will orbit the moon. The satellite was built by Vermont Technical College and transmits on 437.305 MHz a 9600bps telemetry signal in FSK AX.25 every 60 seconds.

Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

On May 6th 2015 at 17:31 UTC Francisco EA7ADI received enclosed signal which he thinks came from Vermont Lunar Cubesat. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

Also on August 2nd 2015 at 18:54 UTC Francisco EA7ADI received the Vermont Lunar Cubesat on 437.305 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

NPS-SCAT
#39389
(2013-064K) 

NPS-SCAT (Naval Postgraduate School Solar Cell Array Tester) has the objective, to provide a responsive platform to test solar cells in orbit while focusing on the education of NPS students. The 1U cubesat transmits on 437.525 MHz a 1200bps AFSK telemetry signal in AX.25 every 5 minutes. In addition the NPS-SCAT CubeSat contains two half duplex amateur radio systems, an MHX 2400 (S-Band, 2.4 GHz) and a UHF Transceiver (UHF, 437.525 MHz). The S-band downlink frequency is in the range of 2401.200-2447.600 MHz.

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Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

TJ3SAT
TJ
3SAT
#39385
(2013-064F) 

TJ3SAT (Thomas Jefferson Cubesat) is a joint project between the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and industry partners to design and build a CubeSat to increase interest in aerospace technology, as part of NASA's Educational Launch of NanoSatellites (ELaNa) program.

The 1U cubesat transmits on 437.320 MHz a CW beep every 13.5 seconds and in addition a CW identifier every 10 minutes.

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Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

KySat-2
 
#39384
(2013-064E)

KySat-2 was built by Space Systems Lab, University of Kentucky/USA. It was launched together with a large number of CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads on a Minotaur-1 rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., on November 20th 2013 at 01:15 UTC. KySat-2 features a 5 megapixel digital camera, a temperature sensor, a 3-axis MEMS rate gyroscope, a 3-axis magnetometer, and a “stellar gyroscope” which was developed by University of Kentucky students. When in sunlight KySat-2 (using the callsign KK4AJJ) transmits on 437.405 MHz every 15 seconds telemetry in 9k6 FSK using the AX.25 protocol with a transmit power of 1 Watt.

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Nov. 20th 2013

1 kg

 

SENSE SV1
#39388
(2013-064J)

The SENSE (Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment) program is a rapid development effort of the USAF Space and Missiles Center Development Planning Directorate (SMC/XR) which will demonstrate the capability of NanoSats to perform space missions in an affordable and resilient manner.

The three primary objectives for the SENSE mission are: 1) to develop best practices for operational CubeSat/NanoSat procurement, development, test, and operations; 2) to mature CubeSat bus and sensor component technology readiness levels; and 3) to demonstrate the operational utility of CubeSat measurements by flowing validated, low-latency data into operational space weather models.

One satellite has a Cubesat Tiny Ionospheric Photometer (CTIP) monitoring 135.6 nm photons produced by the recombination of O+ ions and electrons.

Sense SV1 features a 1 Mb/s downlink & 4 kb/s uplink S-Band transceiver w/ AES 256 Type II Encryption.

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Nov. 20th 2013

3.4 kg 

 

SENSE SV2
#39392
(2013-064N)

The other satellite has a Wind Ion Neutral Composite Suite (WINCS) to acquire simultaneous co-located, in situ measurements of atmospheric and ionospheric density, composition, temperature and winds/drifts. Mission data will be used to improve current and future space weather models and demonstrate the utility of data from CubeSats for operational weather requirements.

Sense SV1 features a 1 Mb/s downlink & 4 kb/s uplink S-Band transceiver w/ AES 256 Type II Encryption.

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Nov. 20th 2013

3.5 kg 

 

AprizeSat 7
exactView 5R
EV 5R
#39416
(2013-066A)

LatinSat, later renamed AprizeSat, is a constellation of small Low-Earth-Orbit satellites (64 satellites planned) to achieve a global communication system of data transmission and fixed and mobile asset tracking and monitoring (GMPCS). The satellites also carry experimental payloads. AprizeSat 3 to 10 also feature an AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver to gather position data from ships.

Nov. 21st 2013

12 kg

This spectum plot of AprizeSat 7and the corresponding audio file was recorded on October 15th 2015 at 400.585 MHz and kindly provided by Maik Hermenau.

ZACube-1
TshepisoSat
ZA-003
#39417
(2013-066B)

South Africa ZACube-1 TshepisoSat is a Cubesat built by students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town. Its main payload is a high frequency (HF) beacon transmitter that will be used to help characterize the Earth’s ionosphere and to calibrate SANSA's (South African National Space Agency) auroral radar installation at the SANAE-IV base in Antarctica. The UHF telemetry beacon transmits on 437.345 MHz. The uplink frequency is 145.860 MHz. It also features an
HF beacon on 14.099 MHz.

On December 14th 2013 a first picture was received. Image credit CPUT FSATI.

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Nov. 21st 2013

1 kg

 

Skysat 1
#39418
(2013-066C)

Commercial remote sensing satellite for Skybox Imaging of the USA. It will collect high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the Earth. SkySat-1's main TT&C downlink is 8375 MHz (RHCP), the backup downlink is 8380 MHz (RHCP). Data downlinks in 8PSK 45MSps are at 8075 MHz, 8200 MHz and 8325 MHz. Uplinks are at 2081 MHz (RHCP) and 2083 MHz (RHCP).

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Nov. 21st 2013

100 kg

 

Dubaisat 2
DubaiSat-2
#39419
(2013-066D)

Earth observation satellite built by the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology for the Satrec Initiative, a satellite manufacturing company in South Korea. Its purpose is to obtain images for commercial users in the United Arab Emirates. Designated frequencies are 2228.25 MHz, 2228.3 MHz and 2269.300 MHz.

Nov. 21st 2013

 300 kg

This spectum plot of Dubaisat 2 at 2228.25 MHz was recorded on January 3rd 2014 at 23:11UTC and kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

The S-Band downlink on 2228.3 MHz of DubaiSat-2 was received and enclosed FFT plot was generated in May 2014 by Milen Rangelov.

OPTOS
#39420
(2013-066E)

OPTOS (Optical Nanosatellite) is a low-cost 3 Unit CubeSat project of INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial) the Spanish Space Agency, Madrid. It transmits on 402.00 MHz with a downlink datarate between 3.5 - 10 kbit/s (typically 5 kbits/s) PM/BPSK.

Nov. 21st 2013

 3 kg

This spectum plot of OPTOS at 402 MHz was recorded on December 27th 2013 and kindly provided by Maik Hermenau.

Unisat 5
#39421
(2013-066F)

Small satellite built by university students and researchers for GAUSS (Group of Astrodynamics of the University of Roma “La Sapienza”). Onboard equiment includes the GlioSat biomedical experiment to investigate the effects of microgravity and ionizing radiation on cell behaviour, and a digital Earth-imaging system. Unisat also contains a Cubesat deployer MRFOD (Morehead-Roma FemtoSat Orbital Deployer) - a student-built technology demonstrator for deploying satellites containing Eagle 1, Eagle 2, Wren and QBScout 1, PEPPOD CubeSat deployment system containing Dove 4, and a second PEPPOD containing iCube 1, HUMSAT-D and PUCPSat-1/Pocket PUCP. The small satellites currently remain within Unisat 5. UniSat 5 features UHF downlinks at 437.175 MHz and 437.425 MHz (9600bps GMSK).

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Nov. 21st 2013

 10 kg

 

STSat 3
#39422
(2013-066G)

Science satellite from South Korea carrying two principal sensors. MIRIS (Multi-purpose Infrared Imaging System) is for astronomy, providing infrared imagery of the galaxy and of the cosmic background . COMIS (Compact Imaging Spectrometer) is an instrument to provide infrared imagery for Earth environmental monitoring, land classification research, and monitoring of water quality.

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Nov. 21st 2013

 150 kg

 

WNISat 1
#39423
(2013-066H)

WNISAT 1 (Weather News Inc. Satellite 1) is a nanosatellite for north arctic routes and atmosphere monitoring. The project is started from the commercial objects between Weathernews and Axelspace. The object of the WNISAT-1 mission is monitoring of the Northern sea routes and of the CO2 content of the atmosphere.

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Nov. 21st 2013

10 kg

 

AprizeSat 8
#39425
(2013-066K)

LatinSat, later renamed AprizeSat, is a constellation of small Low-Earth-Orbit satellites (64 satellites planned) to achieve a global communication system of data transmission and fixed and mobile asset tracking and monitoring (GMPCS). The satellites also carry experimental payloads. AprizeSat 3 to 10 also feature an AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver to gather position data from ships.

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Nov. 21st 2013

12 kg

 

Dove 3
#39429
(2013-066P)

Start of a constellation of Earth imaging satellites operated by California-based Planet Labs. According to IARU downlink at 401.300 MHz (secondary TT&C).

Nov. 21st 2013

 5.2 kg

Enclosed recording and waterfall plot were made on December 29th 2013 at 10:16 UTC on 401.302 MHz in FM mode by DD1US.

 

BRITE-PL
BRITE-PL 1
#39431
(2013-066R)

BRITE-PL is a mission planned to make photometric observations of some of the brightest stars in the sky in order to examine these stars for variability. The observations will have a precision at least 10 times better than achievable using ground-based observations, and it is packaged inside a CanX-class nanosatellite. BRITE-PL features a UHF downlink at 437.365 MHz and an S-band downlink at 2234.4 MHz.

Nov. 21st 2013

10 kg

This spectum plot of BRITE-PL at 2234.40 MHz was recorded on January 3rd 2014 at 10:03UTC while the satellite was changing the downlink data rate and thus the spectrum. Kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

This recording and spectum plot of BRITE-PL at 2234.40 MHz was recorded on January 4th 2014 at 10:58UTC while the satellite was changing the downlink data rate and thus the spectrum. Kindly provided by Paul Marsh M0EYT.

 

HumSAT D
#39433
(2013-066T)

HumSAT-D was built by the University of Vigo in Spain. The 1U cubesat transmits on 437.325 MHz in CW and GMSK-1200bps. It transmits only when in sunlight either a CW beacon with different parameter of the satellite or every 150 seconds a telemetry signal with all the housekeeping parameters. A second UHF downlink frequency designated to HumSAT D is 437.525 MHz.

Nov. 21st 2013

1 kg  

Jan PE0SAT received the CW and 1200bd AFSK downlink signal of HumSat-D on November 21st 2013 at 11:58 UTC on 437.331 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Jan van Gils PE0SAT.

Mike DK3WN received the 1200bd GMSK downlink signal of HumSAT-D on January 31st 2014 at 11:00 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

WREN
#39435
(2013-066V)

Wren is a crowd-funded femto-satellite by start-up company STADIKO to test miniaturized µPP-Thrusters, 3-axis control and a new image based navigation system in a satellite built to the 1U PocketQub form factor (5 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm). It is equipped with a camera system in order to remotely take pictures of the earth, the sun and deep space objects. The satellite was deployed from the Italian UniSat 5 satellite from a MR-FOD (Morehead Roma Femtosat Orbital Deployer) deployer.

WREN was supposed to transmit telemetry in 1200bps FSK or a CW beacon or SSTV pictures at 437.405 MHz.

No signal reports were received after its launch.

Nov. 21st 2013

0.25 kg

VELOX-PII
VELOX-P2
#39438
(2013-066Y)

VELOX-PII is a picosatellite built by students at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. VELOX-P2 is used to qualify several in-house built hardware and software such as the fault tolerant power system, attitude determination & control algorithms, fine sun sensor, solar panel etc.

It transmits on 145.980 MHz telemetry with 1200bps AX.25 BPSK as well as a CW beacon. The uplink frequency is 437.305 MHz.

Nov. 21st 2013

1.33 kg

Mike DK3WN received the CW signal of VELOX-P2 on December 5th 2013 at 19:20 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

 

First-MOVE
MOVE 1
#39439
(2013-066Z)

The name MOVE is an acronym that stands for “Munich Orbital Verification Experiment”. The downlink frequency is 145.970 MHz, the uplink frequency is 435.520 MHz. First-MOVE transsmits 60 seconds a CW beacon and then 60 seconds a 1200 baud BPSK telemetry signal in AX.25.

Nov. 21st 2013

1 kg 

Francisco EA7ADI received the CW signal of MOVE-1 on May 9th2015 at 11:00 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

On July 31st 2015 at 09:23 UTC Francisco EA7ADI also received the CW downlink signal of FirstMove on 145.970 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

 

PUCP-Sat-1
PUCPSAT 1
#39442
(2013-066AC)

PUCPSat-1 is the first satellite from Peru. This 1U-cubesat was built by the Institute for Radio Astronomy of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (INRAS-PUCP). The 1270g satellite will be deployed from the Italian UniSat-5 satellite and will later deploy itself the 127g Pocket-PUCP picosatellite. PUCP-Sat-1 is planned to transmit and receive on 2m at 145.820 MHz (1200Bd AFSK/AX.25/narrow FM) as well as on 70cm at 437.200 MHz (OOK/12wpm).

No signal reports were received after its launch.

Nov. 21st 2013

 1 kg

 

HiNCube
#39445
(2013-066AF)

HINCube is the first student satellite in the ANSAT program. The satellite is being built by students at Narvik University College (HiN) in Norway. HiNCube is a one unit CubeSat 10x10x10cm.  The satellite is payload consist of a camera which will be used to take pictures of the earth. HiNCube features a downlink at 437.305 MHz.

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Nov. 21st 2013

 1 kg

UWE-3
#39446
(2013-066AG)

UWE-3 was built by the University Wuerzburg in Germany. The main mission objectives of UWE-3 are to demonstrate the use of a real-time miniature attitude determination and control system on-board the satellite, using a variety of sensors, magnetic torques and one reaction wheel. It was successfully launched with a Dnepr Launch Vehicle from Yasny Launch Base on Nov. 21st at 07:11 UTC.

The frequency of UWE-3 is 437.385 MHz. The AX.25 telemetry signal is modulated at 9600 baud GMSK. Alternatively UWE-3 can also transmit in CW and 1200bps FSK. Sometime later the frequency was changed to 436.400 MHz.

Nov. 21st 2013

1 kg

On July 18th 2014 at 20:57 UTC Darko 9A3LI received the 9600 baud data signal of UWE-3 at 436.400 MHz. Recording kindly provided by Darko 9A3LI.

On July 18th 2014 at 20:59 UTC Davide IW0HLG received the signal of UWE-3. Waterfall plot and decoded telemetry kindly provided by Davide IW0HLG.

On July 21st 2014 at 09:40 UTC Davide IW0HLG received the 9600bd signal of UWE-3 on 436.395 MHz. Recording and waterfall plot kindly provided by Davide IW0HLG.

Enclosed signal from UWE-3 was received and recorded on April 2nd 2015 at 10:01 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recordings kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

The signal from UWE-3 was received again and recorded on May 1st 2015 at 09:57 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recordings kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

MCubed-2
#39469
(2013-072H)

M-Cubed2 is a mission designed around flight evaluation of a NASA JPL image processing FPGA called COVE. The satellite 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 satellite accidentally docked with another cubesat shortly after launch, losing the ability to transmit in the process. MCubed-2 transmits telemetry every 10 seconds in 9600bps GMSK at 437.485 MHz. Antenna polarization is linear.

Dec. 6th 2013

1 kg

Mike DK3WN received the 9600bd GMSK signal of MCubed-2 on December 11th 2013 at 06:42 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

IPEX
CP-8
#39471
(2013-072K)

IPEX (Intelligent Payload Experiment) is a Cubesat built by the Californoa Polytechnic State University. Its mission is to demonstrate operation of autonomous instrument processing, downlink operations, and ground station operations, utilizing the SpaceCube Mini payload processing unit to validate a reduction in data product downlink. IPEX transmits on 437.320 MHz 9600bps GMSK and CW mode.

Dec. 6th 2013

1 kg

Mike DK3WN received the donwlink signal of IPEX CP-8 on January 16th 2014 at 09:02 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

COSMOS 2488 or 2489 or 2490
Strela-3M #7, #8, #9
#39482, #39483, or #39484
(2013-076 A, B or C)

Cosmos 2488, 2389 anf 2490 were launched by a Rokot-KM rocket from Plesetsk December 25th2015. At the end of 2013 they were still too close to  be discernable.

Dec. 25th 2013

225 kg

COSMOS 2488/89/90 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on December 26th 2013 at 15:51 UTC on 245.000 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the ID of the satellite. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

COSMOS 2488/89/90 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on December 26th 2013 at 19:45 UTC on 245.000 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the ID of the satellite. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

COSMOS 2488/89/90 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on December 26th 2013 at 20:03 UTC on 245.000 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the ID of the satellite. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

COSMOS 2488/89/90 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on December 27th 2013 at 19:23 UTC on 388.6875 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the ID of the satellite. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

COSMOS 2488/89/90 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on December 27th 2013 at 20:34 UTC on 388.6875 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the ID of the satellite. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

COSMOS 2488/89/90 was received by Roland Proesch DF3LZ on December 27th 2013 at 20:34 UTC on 388.6875 MHz in USB.
The spectrogam shows the ID of the satellite. Sound file kindly provided by Roland Proesch DF3LZ.

 

COSMOS 2491
KOSMOS 2491
RS-46
 
#39497
(2013-076E)

KOSMOS 2491 is a Russian military satellite.
End of 2014 it was reported by Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB that this satellite also carries RS-46 operating a CW downlink at 435.465 MHz and 435.565 MHz.

Dec. 25th 2013

50 kg

Enclosed data signal from COSMOS-2491 for the DOKA-B ground stations was received on 435.465 MHz during orbit #7554 on August 26th 2015 by Jean-Pierre F5YG. Recording kindly provided by Jean-Pierre Godet F5YG.

AIST-1
RS-41
147 KS
#39492
(2013-078C)

AIST-1 is a russian microsatellite developed by a group of students, postgraduates and scientists of Samara Aerospace University in cooperation with TsSKB-Progress. The satellite will measure the geomagnetic field, test the new small space vehicle bus, test methods to decrease microaccelerations to a minimum level and measure micrometeoroids of natural and artificial origin. It features uplink antennas for 145 MHz and downlink antennas for UHF.

AIST-1 transmits a CW beacon on 435.265 MHz using the callsign RS41.

Dec. 28th 2013

53 kg

Mike DK3WN received the CW signal of AIST-1 on January 2nd 2014 at 15:20 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

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If you have further sound tracks from space objects please let me know. I will be happy to post them here on my homepage. Many thanks in advance.

Vy 55 & 73 de Matthias DD1US               


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