August 31, 2011

ARISSat-1 TLM

10:45 to 10:52 UTC.
Orbit # 424.
Spacecraft was in High Power Mode.
45 telemetry frames grabbed and forwarded.

A movie clip for previous pass Here


August 27, 2011

ARISSat-1 CW & BPSK-1000 Telemetry

Over a pass of 10mins a good and clear signal received from ARISSat-1 satellite.
Time 11:28 to 11:38 UTC.
Orbit # 362.
Mission Elapsed Time (MET) was 2236 (sec).
Spacecraft was in High Power Mode.
56 telemetry frames grabbed and forwarded.

August 26, 2011

NASA Announces Candidates For CubeSat Space Missions


NASA has selected 20 small satellites to fly as auxiliary cargo aboard rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012. The proposed CubeSats come from a high school in Virginia, universities across the country, NASA field centers and Department of Defense organizations. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh 2.2 pounds or less.

The selections are from the second round of the CubeSat Launch Initiative. The satellites are expected to conduct technology demonstrations, educational research or science missions. The selected spacecraft are eligible for flight after final negotiations when an opportunity arises. The satellites come from the following organizations, which include the first high school proposal selected for a CubeSat flight:

-- Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
-- Drexel University, Philadelphia
-- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (two CubeSats)
-- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (two CubeSats)
-- Naval Research Lab, Washington (two CubeSats)
-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-- Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky.
-- The Planetary Society, Pasadena, in partnership with NASA's Ames Research Center,
Moffitt Field, Calif.
-- Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala.
-- St. Louis University, St. Louis, Miss.
-- Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Va.
-- University of Colorado
-- University of Hawaii
-- University of Louisiana, Lafayette
-- University of New Mexico
-- U.S. Military Academy
-- U.S. Naval Academy

Sourse onorbit.com

August 23, 2011

Space travel powered by helium balloon



“Bloon” is a six-person pod designed by Spanish company zero2infinity that will rise to the edge of the atmosphere, powered by a helium balloon. The cabin holds four passengers and two pilots for the three-hour flight, 36km above the earth’s surface. The flights will launch at night, so passengers can watch the sun rise over the curvature of the earth. While admiring the world from near space, in-flight information about the altitude and range of view will be displayed directly on the pod’s windows. To return to earth, the helium is vented slowly, then the balloon or sail separates from the pod, deploying a parafoil. The pod pops its airbags and is guided in for a landing. Bloon uses zero propellants, so there are no emissions or noise pollution.

The full ticket price is 110,000 euros, and for a deposit of 8,000 euros, customers can request when and from where they want to fly. Flights will lift off sometime between 2013 and 2015. A “minibloon” manned test flight is set for 2012.

Sourse BBC Travel

August 20, 2011

ARISSat-1 voice message And voice telemetry

ARISSat-1 voice message And voice telemetry

ARISSat-1 Telemetry Report

UTC 15:11 - 15:18
Orbit # 255
Max EL. 5*
The spacecraft in High Power Mode
Mission Elapsed time was 2817 (sec)
26 frames grabbed and forwarded.

ARISSat-1 TLM

UTC 13:32 - 13:43
Orbit # 253
Good signal the entire pass.
The spacecraft in High Power Mode
MET is 2666
58 frames grabbed and forwarded.


August 19, 2011

148 stations forwarding ARISSAT-1 telemetry to command station

Call Kursk Spacecraft Total
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ZL2BX 1919 1956 3875
N8MS 666 747 1413
DK3WN 645 630 1275
N0JY 405 540 945
K4OZS 309 455 764
LU4EOU 342 353 695
PY4ZBZ 331 319 650
VK2EIK 243 298 541
JA0CAW 235 226 461
N8MH 217 228 445
VE6AXL 215 230 445
VE9QRP 215 190 405
JA1GDE 174 187 361
VK5HI 162 189 351
JA5BLZ 149 161 310
G4BBH 143 141 284
ON5PV 137 136 273
KO4MA 118 150 268
K2MTS 102 165 267
VK2FBRB 116 131 247
IV3RYQ 126 107 233
PE0SAT 110 111 221
KC8RAN 74 135 209
VK2GOM 77 122 199
JE1CVL 94 95 189
VK2AYE 83 101 184
N1MIW 87 94 181
9M2CQC 58 109 167
JH1BCL 86 80 166
W6IHG 83 82 165
VK5HI-1 78 85 163
ZL1AOX 83 78 161
KA1AS 72 76 148
HS2JFW 69 74 143
KD8CAO 46 96 142
CT1EAT 69 71 140
KI7AB 68 70 138
JH3BUM 68 66 134
W6MSU 53 80 133
NOCALL 61 66 127
W7KKE 63 61 124
JA8TCH 62 61 123
VK2DAG 60 52 112
W5RKN 37 72 109
DG9BFC 55 51 106
JA4NA 57 49 106
KB1PVH 51 54 105
WA4SCA 42 57 99
N5ZNL 34 59 93
G3VZV 48 42 90
ST2NH 42 45 87
KC9DOA 18 65 83
K2AK 14 65 79
N7YET 37 39 76
KB2AYU 35 36 71
PP5AMP 35 35 70
E21EJC 36 33 69
HS3LSE 36 31 67
F5WK 31 32 63
ON5QI 29 31 60
VK6FJA 31 28 59
DL7UZO 31 26 57
K5HV 29 27 56
KF4MX 21 31 52
JA6PL 29 22 51
ON5UE 28 23 51
VK5ALX 21 29 50
9H1FF 22 23 45
G6DOF 21 24 45
F4DTL 25 18 43
TA7W 21 22 43
WB3JNZ 21 22 43
KZ6O 18 24 42
N8MH-3 19 22 41
AA2TX 11 28 39
OZ1SKY 19 18 37
W2KI 18 18 36
KA3HSW 16 19 35
G6AVK 17 16 33
UA3AVR 16 17 33
VK6ADF 17 16 33
IW2DZX 14 17 31
OK2BPU 16 15 31
YU5MOL 16 15 31
JH4XSY 15 14 29
N4JTC 15 14 29
N6SXR 16 13 29
N4ZQ 12 16 28
SM5SRR 12 15 27
HB9BNK 11 15 26
LA1BNA 13 12 25
OH3UW 12 13 25
HB9OMQ 12 12 24
4Z1WS 10 13 23
N3RZN 11 12 23
F1EZC 10 10 20
JJ1WTK 12 7 19
EA1BAF 8 10 18
M0DTS 9 9 18
W8KRF 10 8 18
KJ4TSN 7 10 17
I6IBE 8 8 16
K9GX 9 6 15
KC8WF 10 5 15
2E0EDJ 6 8 14
JR8LWY 6 8 14
VK3DBP 8 6 14
AB3FL 6 7 13
N1AIA 6 7 13
HS0NNU 6 6 12
IZ4UFB 6 6 12
VK1AMG 7 5 12
F1AFZ 7 4 11
OK5TVR 5 6 11
JG1KOE 6 4 10
N9KQQ 5 5 10
KB3TC 5 3 8
9A4OE 4 3 7
N7VVX 5 2 7
PA3GUO 2 5 7
WA8EBM 4 3 7
VE2DWE 2 4 6
AA1AR 2 3 5
DG7BW 1 4 5
K6HLH 2 3 5
G4AYU 3 1 4
HS3ANP 3 1 4
LA5VNA 2 2 4
LU1DA 1 3 4
M6WPM 2 2 4
N3UJJ 2 2 4
NY4I 2 2 4
W9DRR 2 2 4
DL8DR 1 2 3
K5ZY 2 1 3
DK5EC 1 1 2
IW9EZO 1 1 2
IZ4RYB 1 1 2
OZ3SR 1 1 2
WA8NEZ 1 1 2

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August 16, 2011

KEDR satellite

Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 28 flight engineer, poses for a photo with the KEDR satellite (ARISSat-1) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Volkov and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), flight engineer, the satellite deployed manually during their spacewalk (EVA) on Aug. 3, 2011




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August 15, 2011

Hope-1 TLM

18:48 - 20:06 UTC
Orbit # 8,008

BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV ATT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV T6E ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV TBT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV AEE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV T6E ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV A4E ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV AVT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV AEE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AAV AUE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW

PA Output RF Switch Status : PA2 Works (Beacon only)
Transponder Working Status : Beacon only
Transponder Temperature : 13 C
Beacon RF Output Power : 100 mW
Beacon Power Supply Volts : 5 V

August 14, 2011

ARISSat-1 Battery Failing

The battery powering the ARISSat-1 space craft is failing rapidly. The satellite experienced a RESET during an eclipse period (i.e. MET reset to 0). Once a reset occurs the 15 minute delay timers start. At the end of that delay the battery voltage is sampled to determine whether to go into Low Power, High Power or Emergency Power. Tony Monterio, AA2TX has a excellent description of the power system in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of the AMSAT Journal. See the PDF link
Gould, WA4SXM

Here is the latest battery graph provided by Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO. The red line at 32.5V is the minimum voltage to sustain High Power operation of the satellite.



Sourse arissat1.org

ARISSat-1 Sunset pass.

UTC 16:13 16:32
Orbit #161
Sunset pass at KK65GP
ARISSat-1 in High PWR mode
58 Telemetry Frames received and forwarding.


August 13, 2011

ARISSat-1 High to low Power Mode .Sun to eclipse!

Last pass 17:12 17:19 UTC
A good and very clear signal heard at KK65GP from ARISSat-1
Power Mode was High at AOS changed to low power mode before LOS. Sun to eclipse!!



August 12, 2011

Funny From Emergency to low power to High power mode in7* El pass !!

On the last pass 18:12 - 18:19 the status of the ARISSat-1 Mode changed from
Emergency Mode to Low power Mode and finally to High Power Mode
with in 7 mins long pass , max elevation is 7* too .

Something Funny is going on .

The signal is stable thought the all pass
I have got a movie ,May i Will post it later
All this info Injected to ARISSat-1 command station via internet.



ARISSat-1 in Emergency Mode


August 11, 2011

ARISSat-1 Telemetry

A 6mins movie clip shows a received ARISSat-1 CW and BPSK1000 Telemetry data.

Rig is IC-910.
Doppler correction software is HRD.
Antenna is 6 Elements Yagi.

ARISSatTLM is software to be used in conjunction with your computer soundcard to demodulate, decode and display the CW and BPSK-1000 signals

August 7, 2011

ARISSat-1 transponder is active

ARISSat-1 transponder is active .with very poor noisy downlink and deep QSB .

August 4, 2011

ARRISat-1 received over Africa

HI All
A very strong and clear SSTV photo received and 2 voice messages over
Africa. Loc KK65GP at 20:35 UTC

August 1, 2011

ARISSat-1 initial reception reports


We are looking for stations to make early reception reports (1520Z-1800Z) after
the ARISSat-1/Kedr release on Wednesday.

It looks like southern South America, very southern South Africa, followed by
southeast Asia should be the first areas to receive the signals.

The satellite is scheduled to be deployed from the ISS during EVA-29 on
Wednesday 3 Aug around 1507Z. There is a 15 minute delay after the safety
switches are all thrown before the transmitter turns on.
First signals should be transmitted shortly after 1520Z.

Please send your reception reports to the amsat-bb@amsat.org . Title your email
- ARISSat-1 reception report

Alaska and the western US should get a good pass around 1620Z. The eastern US
will have to wait until around 0416Z on the 4th to hear the satellite.

73,
Gould, WA4SXM

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ARISSAT-1 tracking system