February 2014 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

H-IIA F23 launch plan and countdown status
by Masahiro Arai 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Here is the H-IIA F23 launch plan from JAXA document.. T event ----- ---------------------------------- 00:00 liftoff 01:39 solid rocket booster burnout 01:48 solid rocket booster separation 04:05 fairing separtion 06:36 1st stage main engine cuttoff 06:44 1st/2nd stage separation 06:50 2nd stage engine ignition 14:58 2nd stage engine cuttoff 15:49 GPM main satellite separation 24:09 ShindaiSat separation 28:19 STARS-II separation 32:29 TeikyoSat-3 separation 36:39 ITF-1 separation 37:59 OPUSAT separation 39:19 INVADER separation 40:39 KSAT2 separation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Launch Services presents final countdown status report. http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/mission/countdown/h2a_f23.html Happy chasing! Mssa JN1GKZ Tokyo

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insanity from another quarter
by Lizeth Norman 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Hi all, The recent post regarding FCD type dongles and frequency accuracy/reproducibility. Has anyone done any experimenting regarding this? I do have an HP 8640B and a whole bunch of time and frequency hardware. Norm n3ykf

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Re: LitSat-1 Power
by Clint Bradford 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Thank you, Paul, for the correction! Clint Bradford

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A simple receive station for the kicksat Sprites
by andy thomas 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

My contribution to the Sprite project is now hosted at : http://kicksat.wordpress.com/support/kicksat-ground-station/ although I still need to amend the typo that sets the frequency at 437.4 when it should be 437.240. Thanks to MJ for setting this up for me now that my personal website hosted by Google is full (I need to talk to them about that!). In the page I have tried to set out a simple and modest station (my own!) which should be in the reach of a target school science teacher or similar. This station received the 100mW transmitter of $50sat at a distance of 640km as shown on the waterfall display. Thanks to the team of $50sat for their inspirational project. This waterfall display and SDR receiver is needed for the bandwidth of the Sprite transmisison, and the aim is to record the entire pass for the project's database. From an operator's point of view, the most important thing to notice is that no dongle is accurately calibrated and so you should not necessarily believe that the frequency you set in software is the frequency you actually get! I hope this page will encourage people to try for the interception of the Sprirtes when they are launched shortly. 73 de andy g0SFJ

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ITF-1 Update - launch now 1837 GMT
by M5AKA 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

The following info from Toshi JJ3GRX -- 73 Trevor M5AKA Information update for ITF-1 "YUI" ------------------------ Followings are updated satellite information for ITF-1 "YUI" as of Feb 27, 1:45 (UTC). TLE based on Feb.27 18:37 (UTC) launch http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/wordpress_yui_2/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ITF-… Detailed Information is at http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1179&lang=en (Data format info. added) 73 JJ3GRX, Toshi

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JAXA GPM Satellites Update
by Mineo Wakita 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

JAXA GPM Satellites Update Launch Time: 18:37 UTC, 27 Feb 2014 Launch Site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Launch Live: http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html Preliminary TLE Update STARS-II 1 88888U 1400000A 14058.79540509 +.00001684 +00000-0 +26030-3 0 00019 2 88888 065.0000 061.1093 0011000 354.2000 227.6000 15.59099271000018 INVADER 1 00000U 00000A 14058.80299768 .00000000 00000-0 10000-3 0 0001 2 00000 65.0000 53.0000 0021000 61.4000 203.1000 15.63328135 0000 OPUSAT 1 39136U 13015X 14058.8021181 .00000000 00000-3 00000-4 0 0000 2 39134 065.0000 059.7649 0021000 056.1000 203.2000 15.63185000 00000 ITF-1 1 00000U 14000A 14058.80119213 .00000000 00000-0 10000-3 0 0005 2 00000 65.0000 59.7675 0021000 50.7000 203.4000 15.62941492 09 Telemetry Format STARS-II Telemetry format http://stars1.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/for_radio/jyusin.htm http://stars1.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/english/STARS-II_telemetry_format.html ARTSAT1-INVADER Communication Specification http://artsat.jp/?attachment_id=2062 http://artsat.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/INVADER_COMMUNICATION_SPECIFICA… ARTSAT1-INVADER_CW_FORMAT http://artsat.jp/invader/cw-format/ http://artsat.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/INVADER_CW_FORMAT_revTT4.xls TeikyoSat-3 Telemetry Format http://club.uccl.teikyo-u.ac.jp/~space_system_society/teikyosat-3.html OPUSAT Telemetry Format http://www.sssrc.aero.osakafu-u.ac.jp/projects/OPUSAT/receive.html ShindaiSat Telemetry Format http://www.shinshu-u.ac.jp/faculty/engineering/chair/elec006/project_shiyou… ITF-1 How to receive http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1006 http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1179 JE9PEL my_web http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/jaxa_gpm.htm

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ITF-1 Information update
by Toshihiro KAMEDA 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Hi everyone, Followings are updated satellite information for ITF-1 "YUI" as of Feb 27, 1:45 (UTC). TLE based on Feb.27 18:37 (UTC) launch http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/wordpress_yui_2/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ITF-… Detailed Information is at http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1179&lang=en (Data format info. added) Hope it helps. 73 JJ3GRX, Toshi

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LitSat-1 Power
by Clint Bradford 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

The satellite will use low cost open-source software and hardware for primary and secondary flight computers that will control the payload consisting of an onboard VGA camera, GPS receiver, UHF CW beacon 100mW, 9k6 AX25 FSK telemetry TX 2 watts and FM Mode V/U transponder 150mW Voice Repeater. Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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ITF-1 Information update
by Toshihiro Kameda 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Followings are updated satellite information for ITF-1 "YUI" as of Feb 27, 1:45 (UTC). TLE based on Feb.27 18:37 (UTC) launch http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/wordpress_yui_2/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ITF-… Detailed Information is at http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1179&lang=en (Data format info. added) Hope it helps. 73 JJ3GRX, Toshi

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ITF-1 Information update
by Toshihiro Kameda 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Followings are updated satellite information for ITF-1 "YUI" as of Feb 27, 1:45 (UTC). TLE based on Feb.27 18:37 (UTC) launchhttp://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/wordpress_yui_2/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ITF-1.txt Detailed Information is athttp://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1179&lang=en (Data format info. added) Hope it helps. 73 JJ3GRX, Toshi

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