FUNcube-1 Dashboard ready for action !!!

FUNcube Dashboard was tested with audio files and Funcube dongle pro+
it was so easy and very interesting comp nation of  SDR+DECODER in single package!!
The software setup was described very well at the manual .
Yes you need to read all the 32 pages please.
Now its ready and waiting for action .
FUNcube Dashboard is a great software .the  programming  effort was so obvious.
 it need  more fine touches  eg push button to capture the audio.or stop and play et

One repeated problem was noticed . ie the software crushed every time the help icon clicked!! .
I;ve used the new version .

Another nice software was tested ,the KySat-2 decoder from Space Systems Lab,
 University of Kentucky, ie decode packets from KySat-2 .
 KySat-2 need a hardware TNC - tested here with Kantronics 9612 plus.
I thing it may works too via some other sofware-tnc and virtual audio/data loops.

Media!
2 nice images from ICube-1 and UNISAT-1 during integration on the payload bay of the Dnepr Launch Vehicle.

 

Tracker!!! be ready for November neck pain (1)

Launcher - Satellites name - Launching time - Frequencies - Mode .
Minotaur-1 rocket on 19 November 2013

Black Knight-1, CAPE-2, ChargerSat-1, COPPER, CSIP, DragonSat-1, Firefly, Ho'oponopono-2
KYSat-2, Lunar Orbiter/Lander CubeSat, NPS-SCAT, ORSES, ORS Tech-1,2, ORS-3, PhoneSat-v2
Prometheus-1,2,3,4, Rampart, SENSE-1,2, STARE-B, STPSat-3, SwampSat, TetherSat-1,2
TJ3Sat, Trailblazer-1, Vermont Lunar Cubesat .
NASA ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites)

DNEPR rocket on 21 Nov.2013
UniSat-5 / AprizeSat-7,8, BPA-3, BRITE-PL1, CINEMA-2,3, CubeBug-2, Delfi-n3Xt
Dove-4, DubaiSat-2, Eagle-1,2, E-Star-2, First-MOVE, FUNcube-1, GOMX-1, HiNCube
Humsat-D, ICUBE-1, NEE-02 Krysaor, OPTOS, PUCP-SAT-1, Pocket-PUCP, Qubescout-S1
SkySat-1, STSat-3, Triton-1,2, UWE-3, VELOX-P2, WNISAT-1, Wren, ZACube-1
Multi nations NanoSats of Europe, USA, and South America and Asia.

ISS CubeSats on November 25, 2013.

PicoDragon,ArduSat-1,ArduSat-X,TechEdSat-3

Satellites Frequency List Update

Black Knight-1                   .            437.345             .
CAPE-2                           .            145.825/437.325     .
COPPER                           .            437.290             .         9600bps
DragonSat-1                      .            145.870             .
Ho'oponopono-2                   .            427.220             .         9600bps FSK/GMSK
KYSat-2                          .            437.405             .
NPS-SCAT                         .            437.525/2401.200-2447.600
PhoneSat-v2                      .            437.425/2401.200-2431.200
SwampSat                         .            437.385             .
TetherSat                        .            437.100/305         .         9600bps GFSK
TJ3Sat                           .            437.320             .
Trailblazer-1                    .            437.425             .
BRITE-PL1                        .            437.xxx, 2.2GHz
CubeBug-2                        .            437.445             .         1200bps AFSK, 9600bps FSK,GMSK
Delfi-n3Xt                    435.530-570     145.880-920         .         Transponder(U/V)
Delfi-n3Xt                       .            145.870/930         .         1200bps AFSK
Eagle-1                          .            437.465             .         9600bps GFSK
Eagle-2                          .            437.505             .         9600bps GFSK
E-Star-2                         .            437.485             .         1200bps AFSK
First-MOVE                    435.520         145.970             .         1200bps BPSK
FUNcube-1                     435.150-130     145.950-970         .         Inverting(U/V)
FUNcube-1                        .            145.935             .         1200bps BPSK
GOMX-1                           .            437.250             .         1k2/2k4/4k8/9k6 GMSK
HiNCube                          .            437.305             .
Humsat-D                         .            437.325/437.525     .
ICUBE-1                       435.060         145.947             .         1200bps BPSK
NEE-02 Krysaor                   .            910.000             .
PUCP-SAT-1                    145.840         145.840/437.200     .         1200bps AFSK
Pocket-PUCP                      .            437.200          437.200      1200bps AFSK,CW
Qubescout-S1                     .            437.525             .         9600bps GMSK
Triton-1,2                    435.xxx         145.815/860     2408.000      9600bps RC-BPSK
UniSat-5                         .            437.175/425         .         9600bps GMSK
UWE-3                            .            437.385          437.385      1200bps FSK,CW
VELOX-P2                      437.305         145.980             .         1200bps BPSK
Wren                             .            437.405          437.405      1200bps FSK,CW
ZACube-1                      145.860         437.345           14.099
PicoDragon                       .            437.365          437.250      1200bps AFSK,CW
ArduSat-1                        .            437.325             .         9600bps MSK
ArduSat-X                        .            437.345             .         9600bps MSK
TechEdSat-3                      .            437.465          437.465      1200bps AFSK,CW

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HP links :
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/iss_pico.htm
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/minotaur.htm
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/unisat5s.htm

A list of satellite frequencies - Dnepr Launch 2013 November 21

*Click  for clear view
A list of the coordinated amateur radio frequencies for the Yasny Dnepr satellites is available here.
IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Status Pages http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru
Amsat-uk

PocketQubes: Even Smaller Than a CubeSat

PocketQubes: Even Smaller Than a CubeSat

Over one hundred CubeSats have been launched by hundreds of organizations and universities from around the globe. These have proven very useful in technology demonstration, Earth imaging, and other applications. There is, however, one large downside to the CubeSat platform. Even though it is designed to hitch a ride on launches of larger satellites, they’re still very expensive to develop and launch – somewhere between $60,000 and $125,000.
PocketQubes are a new design of satellite that bring the cost of personal satellites down to what Universities and amateur radio enthusiasts can actually afford. Instead of spending $125k on a 10cm cube CubeSat, the PocketQube, a 5cm cube, can be launched to a 700 km orbit for about $20,000.
Already, four PocketQubes are scheduled for launch in November to a 700km solar synchronous orbit,

• Eagle1 (USA)
• Eagle2 (USA)
• WREN (Germany)
• QBScout (USA)

 The WREN a very impressive PocketQube with 3-axis reaction wheels and plasma thrusters.

Four PocketQubes including WREN will be launched aboard a Dnepr 1A multi-satellite rocket launch on 21st November from the Yasniy-Dombarovskiy launch site in Russia.  The three other PocketQube spacecraft being launched are two US student satellites, Eagle-1 (Beakersat-1) and QubeScout-S, built by Morehead State University and University of Maryland respectively,  and the Eagle-2 (50-Dollarsat) built by ham radio enthusiasts. - See more at: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2013/10/cubesats-are-so-last-year-now-smaller-pocketqubes-could-be-next-big-thing/#sthash.FhuIrrg6.dpuf

More see hackaday     Kickstarter

UNISAT-5 and its payloads

UNISAT-5 and its payloads The upcoming launch of UNISAT-5 satellite, boarded on the Dnepr rocket and scheduled on November 21 from Yasny cosmodrome in Russia, will mark an historical event in the world of CubeSats and nanosatellites.
GAUSS srl will release into orbit:

 four CubeSats:

• PUCP-Sat-1 (Perù)
• ICUBE-1 (Pakistan)
• HUMSAT-D (Spain)
• Dove-4 (USA)

and four PocketQubes:

• Eagle1 (USA)
• Eagle2 (USA)
• WREN (Germany)
• QBScout (USA)

from the UNISAT-5 satellite, launched by the Dnepr rocket.

 

The following facts reveal the significance of this event:

• First launch of Cubesats and PocketQubes from another nanosatellite
• First launch of PocketQubes ever
• First Peruvian satellites, PUCP-Sat-1 and PocketPUCP-Sat (that will be released from PUCP-Sat-1)
• First test of Pulsed Plasma Thruster on a picosatellite (WREN by Sta.do.Ko)

In the last week, the Cubesats and Pocketqubes were integrated on board the UNISAT-5, inside the PEPPOD (the GAUSS’ PPOD) and MRFOD (designed by Morehead State University, KY, USA, in collaboration with GAUSS Srl) deployers.

More info  see  gaussteam.com