AMSAT received a request for assistance, and while it might be a non amateur satellite some of our readers might consider helping out Prof. Barnhart.
de KM1P Joe
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Request from USC Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) for contact and SOH beacon downlinks from DODONA
LAUNCH and ORBIT (to be updated once we are released):
Rocket: Falcon9
In-Orbit Transport Container: DOrbit “ION”
Date: Launch January 13th 2022, Deploy On orbit: 1-23-2022 to 1-24-2022 ~1200UTC
Altitude: 525-540km, Inc. 97.5066
RADIO BEACON:
Output Power: 1 Watt
Antenna: Monopole
TELEMETRY:
Call Sign: WM2XBB
Modulation: GFSK
Frequency: 401.5MHz
Baud Rate: 19200 baud
Bandwith: 20kHz
Modulation Index: 2/3
Format: AX.25
Normal Frequency of Transmission: 60 second downlink every 10 minutes, continuous over the orbit.
E-mail to send notification of receipt of any signals, DODONA Satellite [email protected]