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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/Q6ADBK3LXFMC4WLXJFY55UJPWRKMHQ4W/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "W129693357287071326813370@webmail8", "message_id_hash": "Q6ADBK3LXFMC4WLXJFY55UJPWRKMHQ4W", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/Q6ADBK3LXFMC4WLXJFY55UJPWRKMHQ4W/", "sender": { "address": "pat (a) patkilroy.com", "mailman_id": "05cbf13cd71a4606b24ad8d3c3d6a996", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/05cbf13cd71a4606b24ad8d3c3d6a996/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Pat Kilroy", "subject": "[amsat-dc] Don't Miss It: FUNcube Dongle Presentation Video", "date": "2012-01-17T15:16:10Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "\nDid you miss it? \n\nHere's another chance: See the FUNcube news below \nand especially the \"FUNcube Dongle Presentation \nVideo\" and message way below. \n\nHave you ordered your FUNcube Dongle Pro receiver\nfrom http://www.funcubedongle.com yet? Well, ...\n\nDo it soon! \n\nThen let's talk. \n\nThe FUNcube Dongle Pro can receive not only the \namateur satellites -- as a general coverage all-\nmode VHF-UHF receiver -- but also high-altitude \nballoon experiments like the PICetSat module \nseries as seen at http://simsat.net/carrollsat\nand beyond. \n\nMore later. \n\nCheers,\n\nPat Kilroy\nN8PK\nMDC Area\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-008.01\nANS-001 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 008.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 8, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\n\n[snip]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nFUNcube - Launch Details and Time Frame Finalized\n\nAn agreement has now been reached with ISIS Launch Services BV, \nwho are based in Delft in the Netherlands, for them to provide a \nlaunch of the FUNcube-1 CubeSat. \n\nIt is anticipated that FUNcube-1, which has been created by a team \nof volunteer radio amateurs and other specialists over the past two \nyears, will be launched with a number of other spacecraft from a \nDNEPR rocket sometime in the third quarter of 2012. The flight is \nplanned to take place from the Yasny launch facility which is in \nsouthern Russia near to the Kazakhstan border. The spacecraft needs \nto be completed by the end of July 2012, ready for shipping from \nthe Netherlands to Russia. \n\nThe orbit is still to be defined precisely but it is expected to be \nnearly circular and approximately sun synchronous. This will ensure \nthat the spacecraft has the necessary solar illumination and that \nit will appear at regular times for educational outreach activities \nat schools and colleges. \n\nThe FUNcube-1 spacecraft will transmit signals that can be easily \nreceived directly by schools and colleges for educational outreach \npurposes. This telemetry will give details of the spacecraft's health\n- battery voltages and temperatures and from this it will be possible \nto determine its spin rate and attitude by plotting simple graphs. \nAdditionally, experimental data and messages can be displayed in an \nattractive format and provide stimulation and encouragement for stu-\ndents to become interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and \nMathematics (STEM) subjects in a unique way. \n\nThe target audience for this project is students at both primary and \nsecondary levels and a simple and cheap \"ground station\" - actually \nit looks just like a USB dongle, for schools to use, has already been \ndeveloped. \n\nIn addition to providing educational outreach for schools and colleges \naround the world, the spacecraft will also provide a U/V linear trans-\nponder for radio amateurs during local \"night\", at weekends and during \nholiday periods. \n\nThe IARU amateur satellite frequency coordination panel has announced \nnew frequencies for the FUNcube-1 satellite to take into account other \npayloads on the same launch. The new frequencies are: \n\n FUNcube-1 New Frequencies\n-------------------------------\n\nUplink 435.080 - 435.060 MHz\nDownlink 145.960 - 145.980 MHz\nBeacon 145.955 MHz CW and BPSK\n\nThe production and testing of the spacecraft itself has already been \nfunded via a legacy and other sources. It will however really help \nthe project if radio amateurs and other interested supporters could \ncontribute something towards the cost of the actual launch itself. \nWith this in mind a special donation scheme has been setup using the \nVirgin Giving charity donation website. \n\nAll donations received from UK tax payers can be \"Gift Aided\" which \nwill add 20% to the value of your donation. \n\nMore information about this exciting project will be made available \nover the coming months at the FUNcube website. \n\nJournalist David Meyer interviewed Jim Heck G3WGM for his article \non FUNcube-1. Read the article at: http://tinyurl.com/7nr9sec\n(www.zdnet.co.uk)\n\nFUNcube Giving: http://tinyurl.com/funcubegiving/\nFUNcube: http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and the FUNcube Team for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nDNEPR Launch Includes Triton-1 and Triton-2 Amateur Satellites\n\nAMSAT-UK reported this week that the same DNEPR launch in the third \nquarter of 2012 carrying FUNcube-1 will also have additional amateur\nsatellite payloads aboard. \n\nTriton-1\n--------\n\nComprising of a 3U CubeSat, the Triton-1 mission is a radio science \nmission which aims to test an experimental advanced AIS (Automatic \nIdentification System) receiver. \n\nTelemetry decoding software will be made available which will allow \nradio amateur operators to listen to periodic downlink broadcasts \ncontaining housekeeping telemetry, payload telemetry as well as re-\nceived AIS messages. Telemetry downlinks will be 9k6 RC-BPSK on \nVHF (145MHz). \n\nThe satellite also includes two similar secondary amateur radio pay-\nloads, being two single channel mode U/V (435-145MHz) FM to DSB \ntransponders. \n\nAfter the Triton-1 three month science mission is complete plans are\nto have the satellite continue in the Amateur Satellite Service for \nas long as possible. \n\nThe following downlink frequencies have been coordinated for Triton-1:\n\nMain Downlink 145.815 MHz \nBackup Downlink 145.860 MHz\n\nUplink frequencies will be announced by the project team once the\nsatellite becomes available for amateur operations. \n\nTriton-2\n--------\n\nComprising of a 3U CubeSat, the Triton-2 mission is a radio science \nmission which aims to test an experimental advanced AIS (Automatic \nIdentification System) receiver. \n\nTelemetry decoding software will be made available which will allow \nradio amateur operators to listen to periodic downlink broadcasts \ncontaining housekeeping telemetry, payload telemetry as well as re-\nceived AIS messages. Telemetry downlinks will be 9k6 RC-BPSK on VHF \n(145MHz) and 38k4 RC-BPSK on S Band (2400MHz). \n\nAfter the Triton-2 three month science mission is complete plans are\nto have the satellite continue in the Amateur Satellite Service for \nas long as possible. The satellite includes two secondary amateur \nradio payloads: \n\n+ A single channel mode U/V (435-145 MHz) FM to DSB transponder.\n+ A single channel mode U/S (435-2400 MHz) FM to FM transponder. \n\nDownlink frequency details will be published shortly. Uplink fre-\nquencies will be announced by the project team once the satellite \nbecomes available for amateur operations. Power budget permitting, \nboth payloads may be switched on at the same time. \n\nIn addition to Funcube, Triton-1, and Triton-2 this DNEPR rocket will\nlaunch UKube-1, Delfi n3Xt (also carrying a linear amateur U/V linear\ntransponder), Trio-Cinema 1 & 2 and other spacecraft using frequencies \nin the amateur satellite service. \n\nAMSAT-UK published the story at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/3434\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFUNcube Dongle Presentation Video\n\nThe AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle is a VHF/UHF (64-1700 MHz) Software \nDefined Radio (SDR) on a USB Dongle. Howard Long G6VLB traveled \nfrom London to the 2011 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference \n(DCC) in Baltimore to address the group on this project. He details the \ntrials and tribulations behind designing and manufacturing what \nturned out to be an extremely popular product. \n\nThe primary aim of the FUNcube Dongle is to interest young students \nin science, satellites and radio. The FUNcube itself is a satellite \nthat will be launched specifically to be monitored by all those \ndongles that have been sold. \n\nWatch 2011 DCC – FUNcube Dongle:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/2012/01/02/funcube-dongle-presentation-video/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n[snip]\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }