CubeBUG Heard

26-04-2013 12:20 UTC

Lower in frequency then was communicated a carrier with very weak audio that sounded like AX25 1200 baud. But there are signals that seem to be transmitted from CubeBUG-1.

CubeBUG-1 TLE 26-04-2013 12:20 UTC

CubeBUG-1 TLE 26-04-2013 12:20 UTC

A job well done by the CubeBUG team, congratulations.

26-04-2013 20:08 UTC

Later that evening I listened for CubeBUG-1 and recorded an IQ file. This file can be downloaded at the following location: download. This file is recorded with SDRSharp in 16bit PCM baseband format.

Phonesat Telemetry received

Phonesat modelPhonesat Telemetry Received
April 22, 2013 13:20 UTC

Radio settings:

  • Call sign: KJ6KRW
  • Frequency: 437.425 MHz
  • Modulation: AX-25 AFSK
  • Data Rate: 1200 bps

If you want to decode the data that you receive, go to the www.phonesat.org site and use the online decoder. The data is in ASCII85 format.

Phonesat Reception 22-04-2013 14:55UTC

Here is a part of the data that I received:

RAW data:

1:Fm KJ6KRW To CQ Via TELEM  [15:17:30R]
charging812,0,0,0

RAW data: KJ6KRW-1

1:Fm KJ6KRW-1 To CQ Via TCPIP  [15:23:46R]
ÿ63$uc!<<*"$NL/4+ohTHT)\ik!#!lBpHWgp'17u:G!hH6a1\BVks$0O$GVq0)aTSd!5_,h!5TfYzzzzzzzz!,,q[Ci:G.Ec5e;FD,5.@<Q.%ÿ

Decoded data: KJ6KRW-1
PhoneSat-KJ6KRW-1 22-04-2013 13:20UTC

RAW data: KJ6KRW-2

1:Fm KJ6KRW-2 To CQ Via TELEM  [15:18:42R]
ÿ5l^lb!<<*"#ljr1N;rq`/H>bN!#!j*83h7os$Ma_0ggo;0tp"AjZcJL_`j`(W^1Y*!(!(S!(&Gkzzzzzzzz!,,q[Ci:G.Ec5e;FD,5.@<Q.%ÿ

Decoded data: KJ6KRW-2
PhoneSat KJ6KRW-2 22-04-2013 13:20UTC

I want to congratulate the team with the successful launch and deployment of the Phonesat Satellites.

BeeSAT-2 and SOMP deployed and active

The two satellites BeeSAT-2 and SOMP are successfully deployed and are active the first CW and DATA signals are received. I myself was able to receive these satellites during the pass at 15:02 CEST / 13:02 UTC on April 21, 2013. Congratulations TU Dresden (SOMP) and TU Berlin (BeeSAT).

SOMP:

dp0tud
high speed CW
dp0tud ajhxevaqail 
high speed CW
dp0tud ajhxbvaqa e

BeeSAT-2:

RAW CW Data

dp0bef dp0bef dp0bef

RAW GMSK Date:

First BeeSAT-2 GMSK DATA

The following TLE was used to receive the two satellites.

BEESAT-2
1 99999U BEESAT-2 13111.50000000 -.00000022  00000-0 -18943-5 0 00009
2 99999 065.0052 026.5594 0011818 218.6713 261.0081 14.97601851000171
BEESAT-3
1 99998U BEESAT-3 13111.50000000 -.00000022  00000-0 -18943-5 0 00009
2 99998 065.0052 026.5594 0011818 218.6713 261.0081 14.97601851000170

[PE0SAT Thanks DK3WN for the additional information]

Preliminary object information 2013-015x series

Preliminary object information 2013-015x series

Soyuz 2.1a 19-04-2013 10:00 UTCAfter the successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1a with BeeSAT-2, BeeSAT-3, SOMP, OSSI-1 and main payload: Bion-M1 here is some object information that I could find during the last couple of days regarding the possible objects that apply.

With this information I have tried to receive data from OSSI-1 on 145.980 and also on 437.525, but no luck so far.

BION-M1
Object information: 39130 2013-015A

BION-M1
1 39130U 13015A   13109.86774677 -.00001982  62674-5  00000+0 0    38
2 39130 064.8855 032.0365 0223088 061.7172 336.4641 15.54458396    63

OSSI-1
It was separated from BION-M1 at 16:13:50 UTC on April 19
Object information: 39131 2013-015B (probably)

The upper stage of the Soyuz 2.1a rocket
Object information: 39137 2013-015H

1 39137U 13015H   13109.61683023  .00218796  18651-4  10338-2 0    37
2 39137 064.9052 032.9523 0221255 060.5813 013.8697 15.55037421    35

The numbers 39132 to 39136 have been reserved for the other satellites on this launch.
But these satellites are still attached to BION M1. They are expected to be separated from BION M1 in two batches on Sunday starting at 08:15 (AIST and Dove 2) and starting at 11:00 UTC (BEESAT 3, BEESAT 2 and SOMP).

[PE0SAT Thanks PA0DLO, DK3WN and Amsat-BB mailing list for this information]