AAUSAT-II and CANX-2
Dear All,
Has anyone successfully copied CW telemetry from AAUSAT-II on 437.425 MHz and CANX-2 on 437.478 MHz? If so, could someone kindly point out what keps are they using for this 2 satellites? Right now, all my time is dedicated to Cute-1.7 + APDII, Seeds, Compass-1 and Delfi-C3. But I think I should not leave out both of them. Quick checks during Object J and E passes for AAUSAT-II and CANX-2 but I did not hear anything. Maybe I will pay more attention to them later.
Also, I read somewhere that CANX-2 also transmits on 2407.650 MHz. Can someone confirm that this is operational too?
73,
Sion Chow Q. C.,
9W2QC.
Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) wrote:
Has anyone successfully copied CW telemetry from AAUSAT-II on 437.425 MHz and CANX-2 on 437.478 MHz?
We have not turned on our UHF transmitter on CanX-2. If it were to be used, it would only be active over our ground station in Toronto, Canada (FN03gs).
CanX-2 and CanX-6 are responding commands and both spacecraft are healthy. We are in the process of commissioning and it is progressing well on both spacecraft.
We are tracking CanX-2 with NORAD ID 32787 and CanX-6 with 32784. We are fairly confident in these targets because both satellites have SRS S-Band downlinks and we have good resolution with our 2.1m dish. I believe Celestrak has assigned those names to these objects, although it's really the NORAD names that are official.
These are our current observations that Freddy Pranajaya has compiled from various reports and posted on the NLS-4 web page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS ---------------------------------------- Object A - 32783 - Cartosat-2A Object B - 32784 - CanX-6 (NTS) We have just completed a pass, NTS is now in Application Mode. S-band tracking seems to be very accurate on this object. Object C - 327585 - Cute-1.7+APDII This is based on latest observations from this morning (EDT). K. Arita -- We tracked Object-C in the today's 3rd pass and the result was very fine. Auto doppler correction works perfect and the condition of communication was good. Now, I believe that Object-C is Cute." Object D - 32786 - IMS-1 An inquiry has been sent to the IMS-1 team in India, to see whether this TLE corresponds with their operations parameter. Object E - 32787 - CanX-2 Using this object, we are tracking CanX-2 accurately with our S-band dish. Object F - 32788 - (AAUSat-II ?) Object G - 32789 - (SEEDS ?) Object H - 32790 - (Delfi-C3 ?) Object J - 32791 - COMPASS-1 COMPASS1 is currently working with the TLE data for object 32791. Object K - 32792 - RUBIN-8/PSLV
Also, I read somewhere that CANX-2 also transmits on 2407.650 MHz. Can someone confirm that this is operational too?
An early plan for CanX-2 was to have a downlink on 2407.650 MHz. However, given that we would be downloading data from our science experiments on this channel, we coordinated frequencies in the Space Research Science S-band.
73, -Daniel, VA3KKZ
Thank you, Daniel for the information regarding CANX-2.
Since CANX-2 is not turned on except over Toronto, Canada, I will pay more attention to the other satellites instead. Good luck with the new satellite and congratulations on the successful launch.
73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC.
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Kekez Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:56 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AAUSAT-II and CANX-2
Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) wrote:
Has anyone successfully copied CW telemetry from AAUSAT-II on 437.425
MHz
and CANX-2 on 437.478 MHz?
We have not turned on our UHF transmitter on CanX-2. If it were to be used, it would only be active over our ground station in Toronto, Canada (FN03gs).
CanX-2 and CanX-6 are responding commands and both spacecraft are healthy. We are in the process of commissioning and it is progressing well on both spacecraft.
We are tracking CanX-2 with NORAD ID 32787 and CanX-6 with 32784. We are fairly confident in these targets because both satellites have SRS S-Band downlinks and we have good resolution with our 2.1m dish. I believe Celestrak has assigned those names to these objects, although it's really the NORAD names that are official.
These are our current observations that Freddy Pranajaya has compiled from various reports and posted on the NLS-4 web page: http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
Object A - 32783 - Cartosat-2A Object B - 32784 - CanX-6 (NTS) We have just completed a pass, NTS is now in Application Mode. S-band tracking seems to be very accurate on this object. Object C - 327585 - Cute-1.7+APDII This is based on latest observations from this morning (EDT). K. Arita -- We tracked Object-C in the today's 3rd pass and the result was very fine. Auto doppler correction works perfect and the condition of communication was good. Now, I believe that Object-C is Cute." Object D - 32786 - IMS-1 An inquiry has been sent to the IMS-1 team in India, to see whether this TLE corresponds with their operations parameter. Object E - 32787 - CanX-2 Using this object, we are tracking CanX-2 accurately with our S-band dish. Object F - 32788 - (AAUSat-II ?) Object G - 32789 - (SEEDS ?) Object H - 32790 - (Delfi-C3 ?) Object J - 32791 - COMPASS-1 COMPASS1 is currently working with the TLE data for object 32791. Object K - 32792 - RUBIN-8/PSLV
Also, I read somewhere that CANX-2 also transmits on 2407.650 MHz.
Can
someone confirm that this is operational too?
An early plan for CanX-2 was to have a downlink on 2407.650 MHz. However, given that we would be downloading data from our science experiments on this channel, we coordinated frequencies in the Space Research Science S-band.
73, -Daniel, VA3KKZ
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