Hi Charles,
There are no operating satellites with this capability to my knowledge. FalconSat-3 was the most recent but has re-entered. MirSat-1 also had some of that capability but was short lived as it was deployed from the ISS.
The Amsat Pacsat program aims to recreate the capability with modern hardware. See here:
And here:
The code runs on a TMS570.
I also have a Raspberry Pi implementation of the Pacsat Server but it has no flight heritage :). See here:
If you want to know more about this capability then I have a web page that links to the ground station software, it's source code and all of the original Pacsat documents:
73
Chris
VE2TCP / G0KLA / AC2CZ
Thank you for the Thybolt information, but again it handles less than
one line of a message and just delivers it to it's own ground station.
It does not hold a message for another bbs to retrieve it. We are looking
for a way to forward full packet personal mail and bulletins via satellite.
On 6/5/2024 9:21 AM, Nitin Muttin wrote:
> Welcome, There were some satellites with such a payload and many are not
> operational anymore. You can try Thybolt 1 & 2
>
> https://www.dhruvaspace.com/dhruva-space-thybolt-mission-ham-radio-operators <https://www.dhruvaspace.com/dhruva-space-thybolt-mission-ham-radio-operators>
>
> Older links
>
> https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/22/india-launches-ham-radio-satellites/
> <https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/22/india-launches-ham-radio-satellites/>
>
> https://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/17/serpens-cubesat-deployed-from-iss/
> <https://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/17/serpens-cubesat-deployed-from-iss/>
>
>
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
>
> On Wednesday 5 June, 2024 at 04:24:32 pm IST, Charles J. Hargrove
> <n2nov@n2nov.net> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you, but I was thinking of a fully-formatted packet message that
> was placed into an orbiting bbs in one part of the world that would be
> polled by another station, pulled down then deleted from the bird. The
> message size would definitely be bigger than one line.
>
> On 6/5/2024 2:27 AM, Nitin Muttin wrote:
> > APRS Satellites have such a capability, I remember succeeding sending a
> > email to myself using UISS thru ISS APRS. For this to work SatGats are
> > needed.
> >
> > http://aprs.org/astars/email.txt <http://aprs.org/astars/email.txt>
> <http://aprs.org/astars/email.txt <http://aprs.org/astars/email.txt>>
> >
> >
> > 73
> > Nitin [VU3TYG]
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 5 June, 2024 at 09:07:55 am IST, Charles J. Hargrove via
> > AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > In the past there used to be ground stations acting as a satellite
> > gateway to the store-and-forward birds. I am having some difficulty
> > find which birds are still active that can serve this function. Could
> > somebody point me to the latest information on this? Thanks anyway.
>
>
> --
> Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
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>
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>
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>
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>
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Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.
NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 441.100/136.5 PL
ARnewsline Broadcast Mon. @ 8:00PM
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NY-NBEMS Net Saturdays @ 10AM & USeast-NBEMS Net Wednesdays @ 7PM
on 7.036 Mhz USB (alt 3.536)/1500 hz waterfall spot; MFSK-16 or 32
"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls
topped
by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan
"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus
"Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying
(The work praises the man.)
"No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it
provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan
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