February 2012 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Re: Aeneas cubesat
by Howie DeFelice 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

I read the description of the satellite a little more carefully this time and noticed it is being built "on a standard NRO cubesat bus". Very interesting that an organization like NRO is utilizing cubesats. This also probably means they are not using amateur spectrum for this one.

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Re: NASA's Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Program
by Daniel Schultz 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Bill and Trevor and everybody else, We are studying this request for proposals and will prepare an Amsat proposal in response if it makes sense for us to do so. If you would like to join the proposal team please contact me. It is important that Amsat should submit one coherent proposal, from one team. Thanks Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Re: Aeneas cubesat
by Andrew Glasbrenner 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

No, I don't see it either, and if I recall some of us let them know about coordination after the fact. Some of the groups certainly ignore or are ignorant of coordination, or the rules of the service for that matter. 73, Drew KO4MA >Hi Drew, > >Yah - I didn't see any reference to Amateur radio in the link Howie >posted so you're probably right. But while checking there, I also looked >for their Caerus 1U operating on 437.6 MHz, I couldn't find it on the >IARU list. Did I miss it? > >Regards...Bill - N6GHz >

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Re: Aeneas cubesat
by Andrew Glasbrenner 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

I'm pretty positive this isn't in the amateur service, so no coordination with the IARU would be expected. http://events.eoportal.org/get_announce.php?an_id=10003839 references a 400-450 SS radio, a 400-500 GMSK beacon, and a 2.4GHz feedpoint mounted transceiver. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Bill Ress <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> >Sent: Feb 3, 2012 1:24 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Aeneas cubesat > >Howie, > >A quick check with the IARU satellite frequency coordination list does >not show Aeneas as having been coordinated. Is the IARU not up to date >or was the satellite not coordinated. > >Regards...Bill - N6GHz > >On 2/3/2012 9:29 AM, Howie DeFelice wrote: >> >> USC has delivered their Aeneas 3U cubesat for launch preparations later this year. Pretty amazing what they did with a 3U cubesat. >> http://www.isi.edu/projects/serc/aeneas >> >> HowieAB2S >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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UT1FG/MM
by Angelo Glorioso 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

It looks like Yuri is on the air again. He was heard on A0-27 today, but I did not get his grid. Yesterday's spot shows: WB2SIH-@ 145900.0 UT1FG/MM VO52 SAT - GM50 2321 02 Feb Ukraine 73 de Angelo --------------------------------------------------------- If you don't ask, you will never know!!

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Re: NASA's Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Program
by G0MRF＠aol.com 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

But given that the opportunity is looking for proposals in the field of communications and propulsion, it sounds like a good chance to team up with one of the university groups who are working on miniature Ion engines. They are about 3 inches across and use as little as 36W. A 3U cube could house one of those and you could target orbital transfer and space qualification as the objective. The engine part could be project managed while the comms and structure could be taken on within AMSAT. Thanks David In a message dated 03/02/2012 16:58:34 GMT Standard Time, m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk writes: Some of the orbits are very short lifetime but there are some useful ones there: DoD (Minotaur I) 350-500 km 40-45° DoD (Minotaur IV)685 km 72° NASA CRS/COTS 300 km 51° EELV 300 x 23,000 km <28° Sun-Synchronous 500 – 1000 km 98° 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Bill Ress <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> wrote: > From: Bill Ress <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA's Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Program > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Date: Friday, 3 February, 2012, 16:01 > See the followwing link.......... > http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=2062771302 > > Regards...Bill - N6GHz > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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NASA's Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Program
by Bill Ress 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

See the followwing link.......... http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=2062771302 Regards...Bill - N6GHz

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Re: CHIBIS-M
by normn3ykf＠stny.rr.com 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

David, http://tinyurl.com/RS-39-Chibis-M is the project page for Chibis-M (in English) Click on the radiomonitoring link on the left side. It usually tells you which freq (and sometimes if) the satellite is on. Love to listen and hone my cw skills. AO-7 here I come! 73 es be gud Norm ---- David Hopkins <davhop(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Gentlemen, > Anyone heard CHIBIS-M at all today? > > I have listened on three pass today, but heard nothing. > > David > > David G. Hopkins (VK4ZF) > CAPALABA QLD > AUSTRALIA > 27.32.38S 153.12.03E > QG62OL > Skype :- davhop > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Fw: New version - Masat Ground station Client software
by Nitin Muttin 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

The new verion has a bug and the below error is shown the bat file is executed. "Unable to access jar file2010-gndcclient-java3.jar" Java needs to be started manually, double click on the jar file or runjava -jar GNDClient.jar. The final version will be available next week from the MASAT Team. Regards Nitin [VU3TYG] --------- Original Message -------- From: Tibor Mezei <mezei(a)cubesat.bme.hu> To: vu3tyg(a)amsatindia.org <vu3tyg(a)amsatindia.org> Subject: Re: Masat Ground station Client software Date: 01/02/12 19:41 Hello,Sorry, we forget to update the bat, and sh file-s.So you have to double click on the jar file or runjava -jar GNDClient.jarWe collect the bugs to release the final version next week. Thanks for your report. Regards, Tibor MezeiAm 2. Februar 2012 17:06 schrieb Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg(a)amsatindia.org>: Hello Tibor, I installed the new version but the software does not execute, attached is the error. I am using Winxp with service pack 3. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] -----Original Message----- From: zemei88(a)gmail.com [mailto:zemei88@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tibor Mezei Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:03 AM To: Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] Subject: Re: Masat Ground station Client software Dear Nitin, the newest version of the MASAT-1 client software is available on our website: http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/kliens-szoftver/ Regards, Tibor

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fox
by Nick Pugh 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Did Fox win a NASA grant for launch? nick

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