KN-SAT Prototype-2

The KN-SAT Cubesat team at the University of Khartoum (UofK), Sudan, have successfully completed the design and development of the Prototype-2. This has been a result of hard work and dedication throughout the last year.

Dr. Sharief F Babikir writes: “I must convey my deep respect and admiration to the Technical Manager of the team, Dr. Nader Omer ST2NH whose leadership, unparalleled knowledge and professionalism has been behind the success of Prototype-2 as it has undeniably been behind Prototype-1.”


KN-Sat1 http://cubesat.uofk.edu/
Khartoum Amateur Radio Satellite Ground Station
http://amsat-uk.org/2012/02/03/khartoum-amateur-radio-satellite-ground-station/

Source @  Amsat-uk.org/

The full manifest of over 30 satellites- Dnepr Launch

Dnepr Launch 2013 November 21
The full manifest of over 30 satellites can be found here:
http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1745

A Russian Dnepr rocket is due to place 32 satellites into orbit using a variety of systems to separate them from the launch vehicle. Below are listed all the satellites that make up its complement of payloads. The accuracy of the list is not guaranteed so feedback on any errors will be appreciated.
The most intriguing is the satellite Pocket PUCP that, at launch, will be contained inside another satellite – PUCPSat 1. In turn, PUCPSat 1 will be carried inside the Unisat 5 satellite…. like a set of Russian Matryoshka dolls heading for space.
The payload manifest breaks down into a number of sub-classes. There are some individual satellites being flown as Primary and Secondary payloads and a number of small satellites coordinated as two packages.
ISIS, a Netherlands-based company, has provided nine of its ISIPOD Cubesat dispensers, holding a total of 14 satellites.
The Canadian Space Agency has coordinated three payloads and all will use X-POD dispensers.

Principal Satellites
Dubaisat 2 – 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.
STSat-3 – 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.

Secondary Satellites
Skysat 1 – Commercial remote sensing satellite for Skybox Imaging of the USA. It will collect high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the Earth.
Aprizesat 7 – Small satellite for data collection from small fixed and mobile ground stations.
Aprizesat 11 – Small satellite for data collection from small fixed and mobile ground stations.
Unisat 5 – 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, a digital Earth-imaging system, MRFOD (Morehead-Roma FemtoSat Orbital Deployer) – a student-built technology demonstrator for deploying satellites, and two PEPPOD CubeSat deployment systems.

Unisat 5 – MRFOD
Eagle 1 (BeakerSat) – 1.5p PocketQubeSat from Morehead State University, Kentucky carrying spacecraft technology tests including a de-orbit system based on increasing air drag by releasing a flat panel to increase the satellite’s cross section and to increase its visibility to radar.
Eagle 2 ($50Sat) 2.5p PocketQubeSat from Morehead State University, Kentucky, measuring the satellite’s thermal environment.
WREN – 2.5p PocketQubeSat built by German company StaKoDo UG. It will test 4 pulsed plasma thrusters, a 3 axis reaction wheel for stabilisation and a colour camera.
QBScout 1 – 1p PocketQubeSat testing a finely pointing Sun sensor.

Unisat 5 – PEPPOD 1
ICube-1 – 1U Cubesat and the first satellite in Pakistan’s Institute of Space Technology space program. Principally a demonstration satellite including amateur radio capability, includes an imaging device.
HumSat-D (Humanitarian Satellite Network-Demonstrator) – 1U Cubesat designed and developed at the University of Vigo, Spain. Demonstrator for the future HumSat constellation – a store-dump communications system to collect data from ground-based sensors
PUCPSat 1 – 1U Cubesat built by the Institute for Radio Astronomy at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Carries equipment to measure temperature. Included is a smaller satellite Pocket PUCP with a similar mission – it will be released once PUCPSat 1 is in independent orbit.

Unisat 5 – PEPPOD 2
Dove 4 – 3U Cubesat, with Dove 3 on the same launch vehicle, the start of a constellation of Earth imaging satellites operated by California-based Planet Labs.

ISIPOD FM-21
FUNcube-1 – 1U CubeSat from AMSAT-UK and aimed for its transmissions to be received easily be received by schools and colleges and decoded in the classroom. It’s purpose is to provide stimulation and encouragement for students to become interested Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Also carrying a radio amateur transponder.
HiNCube – 1U Cubesat from Narvik University College, Norway. Satellite built under the Norwegian Student Satellite Program to collect Earth images. Released from ISIPOD FM-26.
ZACUBE-1 – 1U Cubesat built mainly by postgraduate students at South Africa’s Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). Carries a beacon at HF for ionospheric studies that will also be used to calibrate the HF SHARE radar located in Antarctica.

ISIPOD FM-22
CubeBug-2 (Manolito) – 2U Cubesat and Argentinian amateur radio satellite will also transmit decodable data on its operational condition.
NEE-02 (Krysaor) – 1U cubesat from the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA). Built as the backup for NEE-01 PEGASO (2013-018B/39151) as a technology demonstrator and remote imager. It will also be used as an educational tool for Ecuadorian schools. NEE is an acronym for Nave Espacial Ecuatoriana.

ISIPOD FM-23
First-MOVE – 1U Cubesat built as a demonstration item by students from the Institute of Astronautics of the Technische Universität München. It carries a solar cell experiment and a camera.Released from ISIPOD FM-23.
UWE-3 (University of Würzburg Experimental Satellite 3) – 1U Cubesat testing an active Attitude Determination and Control System for CubeSats. Folows on from UWE-1 (2005-043C/28892) and UWE-2 (2009-051D/35934).
Velox-PII – 1U Cubesat from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore built as a technology demonstrator and carrying a development version of a Sun sensor.

Single Satellite ISIPOD Containers
Delfi-n3Xt – 3U Cubesat from Delft University of Technology, equipped with a three-axis attitude determination and control system. Follow on from Delfi-C3 (2008-021G/32789).
Dove-3 – 3U Cubesat, with Dove 4 on the same launch vehicle, the start of a constellation of Earth imaging satellites operated by California-based Planet Labs.
Triton-1 – 3U Cubesat carries a test version of an test an experimental advanced AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver for picking up location information from ships at sea. Will also transmit readable data for decoding by radio amateurs.
KHUSat-01 (CINEMA 2) – 3U Cubesat, CINEMA stands for “Cubesat for Ion, Neutral, Electron, Magnetic fields”. Second satellite in a trio of identical satellites studying Space Weather effects in near-Earth space. Created by Kyung Hee University and the University of California at Berkeley, USA. CINEMA 1 is 2012-048G/38764.
KHUSat-02 (CINEMA 3) – 3U Cubesat, CINEMA stands for “Cubesat for Ion, Neutral, Electron, Magnetic fields”. Third satellite in a trio of identical satellites studying Space Weather effects in near-Earth space. Created by Kyung Hee University and the University of California at Berkeley, USA. CINEMA 1 is 2012-048G/38764.
OPTOS – 3U Cubesat from the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial of the Spanish Space Agency, Madrid. Carries APIS (Athermalized Panchromatic Image Sensor) to study the degradation of lenses in the space environment by imaging the same region repeatedly under the same light conditions, FIBOS (Fiber Bragg Gratings for Optical Sensing) to measure temperature by studying a laser beam travelling across the optical gratings, and the GMR (Giant Magneto-Resistance) system to study magnetic fluxes in the Earth’s magnetic field.

NLS 9 XPOD 1
BRITE-PL (Lem) – small astronomical satellite as the Polish contribution to the BRITE (Bright Target Explorer) mission, developed by a consortium of Canadian, Austrian and Polish institutes. It will study the brightest stars in the Miky Way galaxy.Released from NLS 9 XPOD 1.

NLS 9 XPOD 2
WNISat 1 (WeatherNews Inc Satellite 1) – Commercial Arctic Sea monitoring satellite built by AXELSPACE and funded by Weathernews Inc. of Tokyo, Japan. It aims to provide data to shipping lines who are interested in the Arctic Sea ice state.

NLS 9 XPOD 3 (Double M-2)
GomX-1 – 2U cubesat built under management of GomSpace with assistance by the University of Aalborg, Norway. Its principal purpose is to evaluate use of satellites to monitor ABS-B data transmissions from commercial aircraft on trans-oceanic routes.Released from NLS 9 XPOD 3 (Double M-2).

Upper Rocket Stage
BPA 3/Dnepr (Blok Perspektivnoy Avioniki 3) – Dnepr upper stage carrying a package of Ukranian equipment to test navigation techniques for aircraft and satellites. and spacecraft.

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NASA ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites)

NASA ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) 19 Satellites will be launched on 23:30 UTC, 19 November 2013 by Minotaur-1 rocket from Wallops Flight Facilit I introduce these satellites in the order. (C)IARU, (C)Zarya

1. Black Knight-1

1U cubesat intended to test a passive 2 axis attitude control system and a C328Rcamera.

 Downlink 437.345MHz

   
   (C)SSC09-XII-2.pdf
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2. CAPE-2  

Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment Cubesat proposal with on board SDR, maritime buoy store and forward data 
relay and GMSK 38k4 capability. 

Downlink 145.825MHz and 437.325MHz

   
   (C)CalPoly edu
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3. ChargerSat-1


The primary mission is to perform a technology demonstration of gravity gradientstabilization, improved solar collection and improved horizon communications on a pico-satellite. 

Downlink 437.405MHz

   
   (C)UAH edu
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4. COPPER
Parks College 2U CubeSat, identical to Argus-1, intended to collect in-space radiation-event data on testcircuits to help calibrate new models for predictingthe effects of radiation on space electronics.
Downlink 437.290MHz 9600bps

   
   (C)SLU edu
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5. DragonSat-1

Drexel University 1U cubesat project with a mission to take pictures of aurora (northern and southern lights) to observe the radiation dissipation intensity during the solar events, and to perform a technology demonstration of boom deployment mechanism in space.
Downlink 145.870MHz

   
   (C)CalPoly edu
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6. Firefly
Goddard Space Flight Center Cubesat (3U) that will investigate the relationship between lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes.

   
   (C)NASA gov
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7. KYSat-2
Kentucky Space LLC, These institutions are:

- Kentucky Space LLC: Mission Management 
- Morehead State University (MSU): Communications, power systems 
- University of Kentucky (UK): On board computer, imaging payload once in orb it the spacecraft will transmit on the amateur UHF band and beacon using th e AX.25 protocol to portable ground station already developed by MSU for ou treach in K-12 grades.
Downlink 437.405MHz
   
   (C)Kentucky Space

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8. Lunar Orbiter/Lander CubeSat

1U cubesat, testing software and an imager for an eventual lunar orbiter/lander cubesat that will be sent to the Moon via a launch to geosynchronous orbit, from Vermont Technical College and the University of Vermont.

   
   (C)CalPoly edu

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9.NPS-SCAT

Naval Postgraduate School
The primary mission is to test solar cells.
Downlink 2.4012 - 2.4476GHz and 437.525MH

   
   (C)NPS edu

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10.ORS-3

USAF (United States Air Force) 
The flight's primary objective is testing space-based rocket tracking technologyand an autonomous termination system smart enough to destroy the rocket if it flies off course

   (C)eoPortal

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11.PhoneSat-v2

NASA Ames Research Center 
PhoneSat-v2 is a technology demonstration mission intended to increase the functional capabilities of PhoneSat-v1 and demonstrate complete satellite functionally in a low cost package. The satellite is built around the Nexus S smartphone which will be running the Android operating system and will be enclosed in a standard 1U cubesat structure.
Downlink 2401.200 - 2431.200MHz and 437.425MH

   
   (C)NASA gov
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12.STARE-B
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Technology Cubesat (3U) which will demonstrate the tracking of space debris.

   
   (C)eoPortal

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13.STPSat-3
USAF STP(Space Test Program) 

- iMESA-R (Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer Reflight) mission 

- J-CORE (Joint Component Research) mission 

- SSU (Strip Sensor Unit), an AFRL Directed Energy (RD) experiment 

- SWATS (Small Wind and Temperature Spectrometer), a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) mission 

- TCTE (TSI Calibration Transfer Experiment), a NASA/NOAA mission

   
   (C)US Air Force
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14.SwampSat
Technology Cubesat (1U)
Downlink 437.385MHz

   
   (C)AMSAT-UK
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15.TetherSat-1,2
Naval Research Laboratory 3U cubesat that splits into two with a 1km tether to test electrodynamic 
tether propulsion.
Downlink 
Tethersat-1, 437.100MHz 9600bps AX25 GFSK 
Tethersat-2, 437.305MHz 9600bps AX25 GFSK

   
   (C)Colorado edu
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16.TJ3Sat
Thomas Jefferson High School 

The cubesat is expected to broadcast speech converted from a text string that istransmitted by the ground station. However, the main mission of the satellite isto develop resources that other students can use in the development of their ownsatellites and in their exploration of space.

Dwonlink 437.320MH

   
   (C)Popular Mechanics
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17.Trailblazer-1

University of New Mexico 1U cubesat intended to a variety of space weather projects including a dosimeter, gyro and magnetometer

Downlink 437,425MHz

   
   (C)COSMIAC

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18.Vermont Lunar Cubesat

Vermont Lunar CubesatVermont Technical College Testing the NASA Goddard GPS Enhanced Navigation System and star tracker camera for our proposed Lunar Lander/Orbiter CubeSat. 
Downlink 437.305MHz 9600bps

   
   (C)Vermont Space Grant Consortium

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by JE9PEL/1 

November Deployment for ISS CubeSats

Four CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads are expected to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) on November 25, 2013.
The CubeSats are:

• Pico Dragon developed by the Việt Nam National Satellite Center (VNSC), University of Tokyo and IHI aerospace.
437.250 MHz CW beacon and 437.365 MHz 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 telemetry.



• ArduSat-1 developed by NanoSatisfi. 437.325 MHz 9k6 MSK CCSDS downlink.


• ArduSat-X developed by NanoSatisfi. 437.345 MHz 9k6 MSK CCSDS downlink .

• TechEdSat-3 developed by interns at the NASA Ames Research Center. 437.465 MHz 1200 bps  packet radio beacon transmitting 1 watt to 1/4 wave monopole. It plans to test an Iridium Satphone modem and has a deployment mechanism to de-orbit in 10 days.

They are 1U in size (10*10*10 cm) except for TechEdSat-3 which is 3U (30*10*10 cm).
de AMSAT-UK

WREN was built by four guys in a garage !!

We are four guys in a garage, and we have dedicated ourselves to open space for everyone. For that purpose we designed the miniaturized satellite WREN. It’s a so called Pocketqub-Femtosatellite. It has only 5x5x5cm³ of volume and 250g of mass, and fits perfectly into your hand, like a tennis ball. Despite of its size, it even has real thrusters.

 The tiny PocketQube satellite, aims to transmit amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) pictures using the Martin-1 format.

Despite its small size WREN is equipped with a camera, a gyro, a magnetic field sensor, momentum wheels and pulsed plasma micro-thrusters. The camera is equipped with an image processing system which can find the position of the Sun and the Earth automatically.
The communications uplink and downlink will take place on the IARU coordinated frequency of 437.405 MHz.
WREN is flying inside a larger satellite called UNISAT-5 that will be launched in late November, 2013 on a Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky near Yasny. UNISAT-5 should deploy WREN one month later, so we may expect to receive the SSTV signal in January 2014.

See more @ UK-AMSAT & WREN

NASA Laser Communication System

NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon

NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 239,000 miles between the moon and Earth at a record-breaking download rate of 622 megabits per second (Mbps).
LLCD is NASA’s first system for two-way communication using a laser instead of radio waves. It also has demonstrated an error-free data upload rate of 20 Mbps transmitted from the primary ground station in New Mexico to the spacecraft currently orbiting the moon.

 More @ NASA

Pacsat satellite AO-51 from HZland .

Pacsat -Echo-51 Satellite from HZ-Land during 2005 . I was then HZ1NH.

The ARISS HAMTV

The ARISS HAMTV project will make possible to view the astronauts and their ISS living habitat to ground stations operated by radio-amateurs.
Visit
www.amsat.it/
.facebook.com/Hamtvproject

Voyager-1

Researchers confirmed Thursday (Sept. 12) that Voyager 1 is officially in interstellar space. The spacecraft, which launched in 1977, became the first ever human-made object to leave our cosmic neighborhood and enter the space between stars. It likely did so on or around Aug. 25, 2012.

The 36-year-old spacecraft's communications technology is lacking by today's standards. A smartphone has thousands of times more memory than Voyager 1 and the space probe's main transmitter radiates just 22 watts, about the same amount of power as a typical ham radio or a refrigerator light bulb, NASA said. But compared to many natural objects probed by radio telescopes, Voyager 1's signal is actually quite bright.

On March 31, 2006, amateur radio operators from AMSAT in Germany tracked and received radio waves from Voyager 1 using the 20-meter (66 ft) dish at Bochum with a long integration technique. Retrieved data was checked and verified against data from the Deep Space Network station at Madrid, Spain.

There is community of dedicated amateurs around the world that build such stations to listen in on spacecraft at the farthest reaches of our Solar System. (Amateur DSN)


Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration

STRaND-1 Smartphone CubeSat

STRaND-1
Orbit # 2424
UTC 16:37
Received via FCDPP and SDR#.
Baseband recorded at sample format =16 Bit PCM.
IQ audio replayed via SDR#.
KISS file decoded from audio using
AGW Packet Engine set @ 9k6 (With motherboard built-in sound-card)
and agw_online_kiss.exe.
Audio via Windows XP Mixer.
Data decoded via STRaND-1 Telemetry Decoder V 1.7.

Magnetic field strength

 Amsat-UK -STRaND-1 Smartphone CubeSat