WREN satellite transmitting SSTV
Hello everyone,
WREN (launched in 2013) is a satellite that can transmit SSTV images taken from its camera onboard.
There is very little information on this, even no tracking TLEs, but http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=39435#TOP can do the job. Does anyone know the TLEs and does anyone know whether or not it's still transmitting?
73!
VE3SVF
An additional complication is that the object the USSF is tracking as WREN is almost certainly wrong, the radar cross section they report is too high for an object that small.
Search for the paper from Delft University of Technology "Long-term performance analysis of NORAD Two-Line Elements for CubeSats and PocketQubes" for some discussion of the matter.
de KM1P Joe
Hi. That was on the same launch as AO-73 from Russia. It's highly unlikely to still be operating after 9 years, especially as it's a pocketQube and would suffer extreme cold in eclipse.
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/wren.htm
WREN was deployed from its host satellite UniSat-5 and signals were received a few days after launch, but I don't recall hearing about any images being decoded.Some info from the day can be found here: https://amsat-uk.org/tag/unisat-5/ 73 David G0MRF
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Hello everyone, WREN (launched in 2013) is a satellite that can transmit SSTV images taken from its camera onboard. There is very little information on this, even no tracking TLEs, but http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=39435#TOP can do the job. Does anyone know the TLEs and does anyone know whether or not it's still transmitting? 73! VE3SVF -----------------------------------------------------------
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