University of Michigan MCubed Cubesats
MCubed-2
The mission
MCubed-2 is a mission designed around flight evaluation of a NASA JPL image processing FPGA called COVE. Our spacecraft provides pictures of Earth for processing, power, and data handling. M-Cubed2 is a re-flight of the COVE experiment with updated avionics after the original M-Cubed accidentally docked with another cubesat shortly after launch, losing the ability to transmit in the process.
Orbital parameters
Name MCubed-2 NORAD 39469 COSPAR designation 2013-072-H Inclination (degree) 120.487 RAAN 163.864 Eccentricity 0.0279369 ARGP 266.601 Orbit per day 14.68722465 Period 1h 38m 02s (98.3 min) Semi-major axis 7 043 km Perigee x apogee 468 x 862 km Drag factor 0.000671670 1/ER Mean Anomaly 90.305
TLE
1 90710U 13072J 13348.62284903 +.00013465 +00000-0 +13156-2 0 00148 2 90710 120.4918 256.4723 0298653 349.1771 082.9876 14.64852722001202
Uplink
Downlink
437.485 MHz 9600 Baud GMSK Transmit Interval 10 seconds Antenna: Linear
Call
Telemetry
The amateur radio community can take part in the M-Cubed2 mission by tracking the satellite and sending us any received beacons. Beacon parsing and transmission can be handled automatically using our MXL Client Application. This Java application is compatible with any 9600 baud, KISS-enabled TNC and all operating systems that can run Java applications. If the ground station has Internet access, the client will automatically forward the beacons to our database.
Status
Not active. Launched and active. MC2 was successfully launched 06 December 2013 and First beacons where received from global HAMS.
Homepage and other references:
MCubed-2 main website
MCubed-2 Operations, Telemetry and Tracking
MCubed-1
The mission objectives for the Michigan Multipurpose Minisatellite (M-Cubed) is to capture mid-resolution images of the Earth from Low Earth Orbit, perform a technology demonstration for a novel new Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and train the next generation of Aerospace Engineers.
Data send and received from onboard M-Cubed to the ground station using a 144 MHz uplink and a 430 MHz downlink, amateur radio bands will be used to control and receive data from the satellite. A basic beacon signal containing satellite health data will be transmitted intermittently throughout operations. Data and commands will be transmitted using the AstroDev Lithium 1 radio.
Orbital parameters
Name MCubed NORAD ? COSPAR designation ? Inclination (degree) ? RAAN ? Eccentricity ? ARGP ? Orbit per day ? Period ? Semi-major axis ? Perigee x apogee ? Drag factor ? Mean Anomaly ?
TLE
MCubed 1 99996U 00000 11301.47661542 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0006 2 99996 101.6483 233.3593 0252943 295.2624 199.6032 14.79009197000007
Uplink
Downlink
437.485MHz FSK AX.25 9k6
Call
Status
Not active. Launched and active. M-Cubed is scheduled to launch on 28 October 2011 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Homepage and other references: