Thank you for the update. Was the transponder ever part of the design, or was there a misunderstanding in the IARU filing?
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message----- From: z0110@nifty.com [mailto:z0110@nifty.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 5:10 PM To: Andrew Glasbrenner Cc: amsat-bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Shin-En 2 transponder launch
Shin-En 2 not have a Mode J transponder. We can use 'A system' for F1D uplink/downlink. CWID will be transmit by the B system. Format is: http://leo.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/KSAT-HP/Shin-en2_Comm_E.html More information will be available soon.
73, Hideo Kambayashi JH3XCU/1
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:59:25 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Shin-En 2 transponder launch
I think I've gathered enough information about this to get a little
excited. Shin-En 2 is going to be launched with Hayabusa-2 from Japan early November 3 0 UTC on an Earth escape trajectory, Along with Artsat-Despatch. Shin-En 2 car ries a 800mw Mode J transponder and 800mw WSJT beacon. It looks like there wil l be a pass before it gets too far out right after launch, where the range is 20k-30k km for me in Florida. This will be much, much weaker than FO-29, but i t might be workable with a AO-13 class station early on the first day or two. I'll be up for the launch and the first window around 2AM EST on the morning o f the 1st. It'd be nice to have some stations to work if it's possible!
Here are some links:
Synopsis http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/satellite/commercial-scientific/shinen-2
/
Data Format http://leo.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/KSAT-HP/Shin-en2_Comm_E.html
Hideo Kambayashi has been posting links and pictures on the AMSAT North Amer
ica Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/7828379515/
A diagram indicating the position when Shin-En 2 will be deployed has been c
opied to http://www.amsat.org/?attachment_id=3564 I hope to put together a pos t for the AMSAT website front page tonight with more details.
We should be able to use the Artsat-Despatch tracker for both satellites, at
least in the beginning: http://api.artsat.jp/pass/
Some info on Artsat http://despatch.artsat.jp/en/Main_Page and http://www.am
satuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=384
That's all for now, more after work.
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