Hi Nigel,
Dragonsat was the designation for both Aggiesat2 and Bevo1. They were ejected together from the SSPL, but it appears that they failed to separate. Here is an official update:
----------------------- Still no signals from BEVO1, although beacon packets were heard from AggieSat2. The current theory on the state of the satellites is that only partial separation occurred. The inhibit switches keeping the satellites powered off have been closed, allowing the satellites to boot up. However, it is likely that the antennas did not deploy correctly, leaving the antennas disconnected from their respective transmitters. AggieSat2 transmits with 1W of power so it is easier to hear, while BEVO1 only transmits with 200mW during beacon mode. -----------------------
UT Austin has also posted some pictures here:
http://paradigm.ae.utexas.edu/ops/
Thanks for all your help!
Karla Vega KE5FKU
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.netwrote:
Space-Track doesn't appear to have seen BEVO. Was it physically seperate from Dragonsat or on the same spaceframe?
Karla Vega wrote:
The University of Texas at Austin deployed BEVO1 in space on July 30, 2009 at 7:27 AM CDT via the STS-127 Space Shuttle Picosatellite Launcher (SSPL).