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Re: [pacsat-dev] Release of the Pacsat Ground station 0.46m
by Chris Thompson 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

Ok, that is great Alex. Enjoy your thanksgiving break. Chris On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 11:34 AM Blumenthal, Alex <alex.blumenthal(a)und.edu> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Copy that. We'll go ahead and test it out when I'm back in the lab next > week. In the meantime, I'm going to update the "Getting Started" doc with > the testing we did last week. Pretty soon we should be able to start making > videos. > > Sincerely, > > Alex > KC3VGR > ------------------------------ > *From:* Chris Thompson via pacsat-dev <pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org> > *Sent:* Monday, November 25, 2024 11:04 AM > *To:* pacsat(a)amsat.org <pacsat(a)amsat.org>; Pacsat Dev < > pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org> > *Subject:* [pacsat-dev] Release of the Pacsat Ground station 0.46m > > Just to let everyone know that I have released a new test version of the > Pacsat Ground station. As usual, you can find it here: > https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php > > This fixes an issue where it was impossible to log in to the Launchpad or > Blinky board if you were a command station. It was trying to login with > the Authenticated FTL0 commands that I invented for an ARISS project. Now > it will only use those commands if the spacecraft sends the appropriate > type of status frame. Meaning it must receive status packets sent to BBCOM > rather than to BBSTAT. > > Comments welcome. > > 73 > Chris > VE2TCP > > > -- > Chris E. Thompson > chrisethompson(a)gmail.com > g0kla(a)arrl.net > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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Release of the Pacsat Ground station 0.46m
by Chris Thompson 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

Just to let everyone know that I have released a new test version of the Pacsat Ground station. As usual, you can find it here: https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php This fixes an issue where it was impossible to log in to the Launchpad or Blinky board if you were a command station. It was trying to login with the Authenticated FTL0 commands that I invented for an ARISS project. Now it will only use those commands if the spacecraft sends the appropriate type of status frame. Meaning it must receive status packets sent to BBCOM rather than to BBSTAT. Comments welcome. 73 Chris VE2TCP -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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pacsat email list
by Fevig, Ronald 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Hello Bill, Thank you very much for today's meeting. Please add me to the PacSat email list. 73 Ron N0UCV Ronald Fevig, Ph.D. Associate Professor Assistant Chair Department of Space Studies University of North Dakota Tel: 701-777-6790 Fax: 701-777-3711 e-mail: ronald.fevig(a)und.edu

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Re: Pacsat Progress Report - January 2024
by Mark Hammond 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Hi Bill and team---this is so awesome!! Tom Clark is pleased and smiling :) Whenever you all want to visit/chat with command/ops, just let me and Drew know. Or if a working unit is available, rest assured we'll test whatever needs to be tested. Congrats---nice updates!! 73, Mark N8MH On 1/15/2024 11:44 AM, Bill Reed via pacsat wrote: > > ForwardedMessage.eml > > Subject: > [pacsat] Pacsat Progress Report - January 2024 > From: > Bill Reed <bill(a)brconnect.com> > Date: > 1/15/2024, 11:44 AM > > To: > pacsat(a)amsat.org > > > Our hardware and software progress have been very good. > > We have just received our first pass on a full cubesat sized pacsat > board. We initially > encountered some hardware issues but now have the processor > functioning and are > in the process of testing the primary cpu interfaces. > > This board includes 4 uplink receivers, 1 downlink transmitter, > transmitter power amp, RAM for message storage, and miscellaneous > watch dogs, etc. > The JTAG interface is operational. > > Our test software ( as demonstrated at the 2023 annual meeting ) is > being ported to this board. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > pacsat mailing list --pacsat(a)amsat.org > View archives of this mailing list athttps://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/pacsat@amsat.org > To unsubscribe send an email topacsat-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences athttps://mailman.amsat.org -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station

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Pacsat Progress Report - January 2024
by Bill Reed 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Our hardware and software progress have been very good. We have just received our first pass on a full cubesat sized pacsat board. We initially encountered some hardware issues but now have the processor functioning and are in the process of testing the primary cpu interfaces. This board includes 4 uplink receivers, 1 downlink transmitter, transmitter power amp, RAM for message storage, and miscellaneous watch dogs, etc. The JTAG interface is operational. Our test software ( as demonstrated at the 2023 annual meeting ) is being ported to this board.

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Pacsat development progress
by Bill Reed 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

The Ascent/Pacsat team was pleased to present our first public pacsat presentation at the 2023 AMSAT Symposium. Watch this mail list for periodic updates of our progress. Our documents and code are all fully open source on github.com/AMSAT-NA. Bill NX5R

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PACSAT Ground station Version 0.54a
by Chris Thompson 06 May '23

06 May '23

This post is of general interest and is going to the broader Pacsat list. I am making Version 0.45a of the Pacsat ground station available for testing. You can download it from my website here: https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php This version allows spacecraft to be added and removed. In particular it allows a test spacecraft called Pacsat to be added. This can be used to test the code we are developing for the TMS570 launchpad and the Booster Pack that Jim has developed. I will post some instructions for testing in another post. 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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Fwd: Falconsat-3, the end is near! TX to be turned ON 1910 UTC 19 Jan 2023
by Mark L. Hammond 19 Jan '23

19 Jan '23

FYI! Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 7:00 AM Subject: Falconsat-3, the end is near! TX to be turned ON 1910 UTC 19 Jan 2023 To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Hi all, Current predictions for Falconsat-3 reentry seem to converge around late (UTC) 21 Jan 2023 to early (UTC) 22 Jan 2023. Therefore, I plan to command TX ON about 1910 UTC today, 19 Jan 2023, with battery management OFF. In recent weeks, it has survived this for 24-30 hours--at which time I have turned it OFF. So, this will be right on the margins for battery vs. reentry, but we're going to "flame out" either way :) Good luck with listening over the next couple of days.. TLEs here are current daily https://www.amsat.org/tle/current/daily.all Or you may need to get them directly from Space-Track.. Reports here deeply appreciated! https://www.amsat.org/status/ 73! Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station

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Decay of FalconSat-3 -- Announcement of PACSAT Development
by Paul Stoetzer 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Good evening, It occurred to me that the decay of FS-3 might be a good time to formally announce the work on this project as a continuation of the PACSAT legacy. Thoughts? 73, Paul, N8HM

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Fwd: Falconsat-3 ON 0118utc 7 Jan 2023 for about 24 hrs, reentry soon!
by Mark L. Hammond 07 Jan '23

07 Jan '23

FYI! Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 6:56 PM Subject: Falconsat-3 ON 0118utc 7 Jan 2023 for about 24 hrs, reentry soon! To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Just tweeted: Expect Falconsat-3 to be ON beginning around 0118utc 7 Jan 2023 for about 24 hrs. Reentry is expected around 24 Jan 2023, so not much time left. Will try to leave TX on for last 2-3 days to capture as much telemetry as possible during its final orbits. 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station

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