The AESP-14 satellite of Brazil was released from the Kibo module on board the International space Station. So listen on 437.600 FM 9k6 FSK and participate in the CRAM Amateur Radio Experiment.
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Delta-2 launched
The Delta-2 with on board four cubsats: FIREBIRD II-A & B, GRIFEX, ExoCube is finally launched from SLC-2W Vandenberg.
GRIFEX public ground station software can be downloaded at: mxl-ops.engin.umich.edu
MXL Blog with the latest updates can be found at: Michigan Exploration Laboratory, GRIFEX operation
GRIFEX, the GEO-CAPE ROIC In-Flight Performance Experiment, is a 3-Unit CubeSat that hosts an engineering experiment setting out to demonstrate an all-digital in-pixel high frame rate Read-Out Integrated Circuit developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Firebird-2 information: SSEL
EXOCube information: PolySat
AESP-14 Deployment
First Cubesat Developed in Brazil.
PY2SDR has confirmed the deployment of AESP-14 from the International Space Station at 14:30 UTC on Thursday, February 5.
The AESP-14 team would like to ask the help of the AMSAT community to forward any received telemetry frames back to the team. For this, please save the AX.25 frames in KISS format and forward the file to aesp14 (at) ita.br. Telemetry format can be found at this location: AESP14-Telemetry Format.
AESP-14 CubeSat
Frequency: 437.600 MHz 9k6 AX25
After launch we can use the TLE data from ISS.
Source: Amsat-BB
Delta-2 SMAP launch sequence
New Delta-2 Cubsat ppod launch sequence.
Based on todays schedule and the fact the launch is delayed for 24 hours, then the below schedule should be the correct sequence for tomorrow 01/30/15 14:20:42 UTC. Latest news on the SMAP launch: Spaceflight101.
Below the Cubsat deploy and activation details for Exocube (CP10), Firebird-2 and Grifex.
| Event | Elapsed (min) | Time (UTC) |
| Launch | 0 | 1/31/15 14:20:42 |
| Firebird-2 deploy | 105 | 1/31/15 16:05:49 |
| Grifex deploy | 107 | 1/31/15 16:07:29 |
| Exocube (CP10) deploy | 108 | 1/31/15 16:09:09 |
| Firebird-2 Beacon start | 165 | 1/31/15 17:05:49 |
| Grifex Beacon start | 172 | 1/31/15 17:12:59 |
| Exocube (CP10) Beacon start | 308 | 1/31/15 19:29:09 |
Source: Amsat-BB
CubeSAT launch 29-01-2015
CubeSat launch scheduled for Jan 29, 2015 14:20 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex with a Delta-2 rocket.
Primary payload: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) secondary payload: ELaNa-X (3 POD)
Firebird-II FU3 437.405 MHz 19k2 FSK Firebird-II FU4 437.230 MHz 19k2 FSK GRIFEX 437.485 MHz 9k6 FSK Exocube (CP-10) 437.270 MHz 9k6 FSK
Preliminary TLE
EXOCUBE 1 99993U 00000 15029.59770833 -.00001134 00000-0 -64350-4 0 00004 2 99993 099.0736 036.6690 0163275 344.1705 144.7582 15.02264856000014 FIREBIRD-2 1 99991U 00000 15029.59770833 -.00001191 00000-0 -74412-4 0 00005 2 99991 099.0666 036.7936 0148155 343.1200 146.2345 15.00731451000019 GRIFEX 1 99992U 00000 15029.59770833 -.00000939 00000-0 -53803-4 0 00006 2 99992 099.0410 036.6726 0153788 343.4726 145.2471 15.03079548000011
Source: SatBLOG DK3WN
Launch Shin-en2 and ARTSAT2 postponed
Update: Shin-en2 and ARTSAT2-DESPATCH has been postponed again. JAXA announcing; Launch date Shin-en2 and ARTSAT2-DESPATCH has been postponed again in December 3 04:22:04 UTC. Soon, there will be a press release.
Update: New launch information, H-IIA F26 Hayabusa2 Launch Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2” Launch Live Broadcast 03:30UTC- Dec. 1. Live
Launch Postponement of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 26 with Hayabusa2 Onboard
The launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 26 (H-IIA F26) with the Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2” onboard has been rescheduled as clouds including a freezing layer (please refer to the following figure) that exceeds the restrictions for suitable weather are forecast to be generated at around the scheduled launch time on November 30 (Sun.), 2014 (Japan Standard Time.)
The new launch day will be no earlier than December 1 (Mon.), 2014 (JST).
The new launch day and time will be announced as soon as it is determined after carefully examining the weather conditions.
Official pres release.