Hi Domenico,
Delfi-C3 has been in amateur transponder mode from the end of July 2008 till mid-October 2008, after which we sadly have had to conclude that the transponder had failed. We do not know the exact failure cause, but it is a failure in the receive section of the transponder. Sad but true, it is the only component to have failed on the satellite so far... :( everything else is running ok apart from some minor quirks like regular downlink drop outs which are related to the databus and are not critical. I have only been able to make a handful QSO's on the transponder myself, would have loved to make many more! After this sad conclusion, we have decided to switch the satellite back to science mode, a mode in which it transmits payload data on 145.870 1200Bd AX.25 BPSK to at least give it a useful life which will hopefully last for many more years to come!
73,
Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:46 PM, i8cvs domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:
Hi Wouter, PE4WJ
What about DELFI - C3 for the promised amateur use ?
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wouter Jan Ubbels" w.j.ubbels@isispace.nl To: "Amsat-Bb@Amsat. Org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:02 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Cubesat launch Sept. 23rd
Hi Bruce,
yes, PSLV-C14 will carry ISIlaunch01, a cluster launch of four 1U
CubeSats.
For all frequency info, please refer to
http://www.isispace.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&... 4
and the websites of the satellite teams.
Integration progress can be followed on:
And of course, all help is appreciated in early operations tracking and assigning the correct TLE's to the different objects as soon as possible!
We will try to keep everyone posted, more info will be posted as it
becomes
available.
73 on behalf of the ISIlaunch team,
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