Successful launch of Amateur Radio CubeSats

Following Wednesday's successful PSLV-C14 launch, telemetry has been received from all four Amateur Radio satellites.

The launch took place at September 23 06:21 UTC from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. By 12:00 UTC Wouter PE4WJ had reported that signals from all 4 satellites had been received.

When listening for the satellites remember that the frequencies can vary +/- 10 kHz of the nominal frequency during the pass as a result of doppler shift.

SwissCube-1 437.505 MHz CW, 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 packet

BeeSat 436.000 MHz 9600/4800bps GMSK AX.25 packet

UWE-2 437.385 MHz, CW, 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 packet

ITUpSat1 437.325 MHz CW, High speed telemetry

Mike DK3WN has posted details of reception of the CubeSats on his SatBlog which can be found on his excellent website at
http://www.dk3wn.info/

Some recording are available at
http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/PSLV/

SwissCube Live Tracking website
http://swisscube-live.ch/

ISILaunch01 - Launch Information
http://www.isispace.nl/index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=80&Itemid=84

Satscape satellite tracking software
http://www.satscape.co.uk/

UISS Windows AX.25 Packet Software
http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/uiss.htm

AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/

source:http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2009/successful_launch_of_amateur_radio_cubesats.htm

Co-Chairs, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer remind you that the 2009 AMSAT Symposium is rapidly approaching! And we hope you can join us, especially given that there are some low-cost airfares out there for those of us in the US.

We have an outstanding venue this year at the Four Points Sheraton at the BWI Airport. Your symposium committee recently did a walk through of this facility. The accommodations and meeting rooms are superb. Frank said, "I do a lot of traveling and I must say that the rooms are absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get a substantial bang for your buck (or Euro, etc.) at this symposium. And planned 40th Anniversary celebratory events will be truly memorable".

So we'd love to see you in "Charm City"-Baltimore Maryland..for the symposium presentations, 40th anniversary celebrations, poster sessions, ARISS Operations Team Meeting, and AMSAT BoD meeting.

Find the full details on-line here at the AMSAT Symposium web site!

You can now register online for the 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting
Online registration will disappear on October 5th so do not wait too long!

Our guest speaker is Dr. Martin Collins from the the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. He will talk on "Making the Space Age: The First Fifty Years".

Follow the links from the Symposium page to book your room at the hotel. An 800 number is also available. When booking your room let the operator know that you are with the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation for the special rates. (The telephone staff doesn't seem to know about AMSAT.)

Source: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php

Amateur Radio Small Satellite Launch Alert

Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL sent a launch alert for seven amateur radio satellites planned as secondary payloads when Japan launches its GOSAT IBUKI satellite on January 21, 2009 at 03.54 UTC. GOSAT - Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite is an environmental monitoring satellite which will be launched from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center aboard the H-IIA F15 booster.

SAT VO52

Eksperimen SAT-VO52

hari ini 15 des 2008 21:46 wib saya bisa mendengar echo saya di
downlink 145.90 mhz mode ssb signal cukup baik 5.7
uplink di 435.250 mode ssb. power 10 watt ant errow homebrew vhf 7 el
uhf 15 el
hasilnya cukup memuaskan menggunakan errow homebrew.

Dalam minngu ini rencananya saya akan mencoba menggunakan ant EGGBEATER,
mudah mudahan bisa berhasil.

de YB0AN
Hakim