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Ham radio CubeSat launch success

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:50 AM PST
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/01/13/ham-...aunch-success/

CNUSail-1 Credit KARI-Blog

CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were among the 31 satellites
successfully launched on January 12 at 0359 UT on the ISRO PSLV-C40 mission
from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.

Two of the CubeSats, Fox-1D and PicSat, carry amateur radio FM
transponders, but neither is yet available for general amateur use. The
PicSat FM transponder is unusual in thatÂ*instead of a CTCSS tone it
requires a 1750 Hz tone burst to activate. The 1750 Hz tone burst used to
be popular on IARU Region 1 FM repeaters in the 1980s and 90s before the
widespread use of CTCSS.

CNUSail-1, built by students at the Chungnam National University in Korea,
carries a deployable sail. The students have requested the help of radio
amateurs in receiving the 437.100 MHz 9600 bps BPSK beacon, further
information is available at https://sites.google.com/view/cnuusg

JE9PEL lists these frequencies for the satellites carrying amateur radio
payloads:
Fox-1D (AO-92) 145.880 down 435.350/1267.350 up FM CTCSS 67.0Hz/200bps DUV
PicSatÂ*Â* 435.525 1200bps BPSK
CNUSail-1Â*Â*Â*Â* 437.100 9600bps BPSK
Canyval-X 1/2Â* 437.200 9600bps MSK
KAUSAT-5 437.465/2413.000 9600bps FSK,115k2 MSK
STEP-1 437.485 9600bps FSK CW

Shankar A65CR/VU2SWG reported coping the Fox-1D satellite voice beacon on
the morning pass at 30 deg elevation in Dubai using a TH-F7 with standard
rubber duck. YL voice with satellite identifier. Very short burst with
fluctuating carrier.

Madhu A65DE also copied Fox-1D from Fujairah, North of Dubai.
Picture taken by Fox-1D AO-92 on January 13, 2018

AMSAT North America has issued a statement formally designating Fox-1D as
AO-92:

Fox-1D, a 1U CubeSat, is the third of AMSAT’s five Fox-1 CubeSats to reach
orbit, being preceded by AO-85 (Fox-1A) and AO-91 (RadFxSat / Fox-1B).
Fox-1D carries the Fox-1 U/v FM transponder, with an uplink of 435.350 MHz
(67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink of 145.880 MHz. In addition, Fox-1D carries
several university experiments, including a MEMS gyro from Pennsylvania
State University – Erie, a camera from Virginia Tech, and the University of
Iowa’s HERCI (High Energy Radiation CubeSat Instrument) radiation mapping
experiment. Fox-1D also carries the AMSAT L-Band Downshifter experiment
which enables the FM transponder to be switched to utilize an uplink of
1267.350 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS).

Fox-1D was sent aloft as a secondary payload on the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-XL rocket as part of the PSLV-C40 mission.
Fox-1D was one of thirty-one satellites successfully deployed on this
launch.

Since Fox-1D has met all of the qualifications necessary to receive an
OSCAR number, I, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT President, do
hereby confer on this satellite the designation AMSAT-OSCAR 92 or AO-92. I
join amateur radio operators in the U.S. and around the world in wishing
AO-92 a long and successful life in both its amateur and scientific
missions.

I, along with the rest of the amateur community, congratulate all of the
volunteers who worked so diligently to construct, test and prepare for
launch the newest amateur radio satellite.

William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO

AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator

Further information on the Fox-1D launch, deployment and designation at

https://www.amsat.org/fox-1d-launche...msat-oscar-92/

Pictures taken by Fox-1D (AO-92) http://www.amsat.org/tlm/fox1d/images/

Information on PicSat is available via

https://amsat-uk.org/2018/01/10/picsat/

Report on the five Korean satellites that were launched

http://koreabizwire.com/cube-satelli...r-space/107445

N2YO online real-time satellite tracking http://www.n2yo.com/

AMSAT-NA online orbital predictions http://www.amsat.org/track/

Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’ for new satellites launched in
past 30 days

http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt


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