On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10:43 AM Alfredos (fredy) Damkalis <fredy@fredy.gr> wrote:

>From this observation[1] by station "834 - Valpo WIRED Lab 1"[2], it
looks like that MIR-SAT1 transmits every ~4min.

73,
fredy

[1] https://network.satnogs.org/observations/4298921/
[2] https://network.satnogs.org/stations/834/

On 6/22/21 5:35 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:
> The satellite is alive. Big congratulations to the Mir-Sat-1 team.
> Jean Marc has received telemetry and is handling media inquiries but
> will no doubt make an announcement when he comes up for air.
>
> I heard the spacecraft on it's most recent pass over North America but I
> can't decode the packet I received. So it is on. I am not sure of the
> beacon frequency because I only heard one packet, but it is not
> continuous. It is probably every few minutes. So track it and see what
> you can hear.
>
> Initially during commissioning I expect it to be in telemetry mode
> only. We will have to wait and see how long it takes to turn on the
> PacSat broadcasts or the Digipeter. It is not listening for uplinks, so
> don't transmit to the spacecraft.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10:13 AM Robert MacHale
> <robert.machale@yahoo.com <mailto:robert.machale@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> Chris + Team,
>
> Any updates on the MIR-SAT1 radio?
>
> I tried to listen on the first two passes of the ISS this AM - heard
> nothing:
>
> 436.925 MHz @ 9600 baud
>
> Also, the SatNogs dashboard is reporting zero telemetry packets.
>
> What is the ETA for turning on the things?
>
> 73
>
> Robert MacHale
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>
>
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> On Sunday, June 20, 2021, 11:23:36 AM PDT, Chris Thompson
> <chrisethompson@gmail.com <mailto:chrisethompson@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Mir-Sat-1 will be deployed from the ISS Tuesday at 10.55 UTC by
> JAXA. This satellite will support an AX25 digipeter and images
> broadcast with the pacsat protocol. The images will be taken by its
> camera and stored in the onboard file system. Amateur stations will
> be able to request the directory of files and request the broadcast
> of images using a suitable ground station. Many thanks to Jean Marc
> and the amateurs on Mauritius for collaborating and getting Amateur
> Radio included on this mission.
>
> I have updated the Pacsat ground station to support Mir-Sat-1. See
> my post here: https://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2021-06-18.php
> <https://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2021-06-18.php>. If you use a GNU
> Radio tool chain then Dani has updated gr-satellites to support
> Mir-Sat-1. SatNogs is adding Mir-Sat-1 to its decoders and will
> also store the received telemetry. If you come up with your own
> decoder then please forward to SatNogs.
>
> Use the ISS Keps initially to track it. There is an award for the
> first telemetry.
>
> Feel free to ask any questions.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
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