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 dodona.satellite@usc.edu