[amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)

Thu Jan 20 07:46:15 PST 2011

These are the only two I could get last night.

Fm KE7EGC To UNDEF Via TELEM <UI pid=F0 Len=64 >[22:55:45]
NanoSailD.org 8C0F0000A21400000004008A890200004939C37ACFC0000000

Fm KE7EGC To UNDEF Via TELEM <UI pid=F0 Len=64 >[22:55:56]
NanoSailD.org 8C0F0000A31400000004008A880200004939C37ACFC0000000

Dave - KB1PVH

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On Jan 20, 2011 10:39 AM, "Wouter Weggelaar" <wouterweg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've just tracked a pass over Delft (PA-land) of nanosail-d
> Sounds like ordinary 1200BPS AFSK to me.
> Tomorrow I will have a TNC connected in monitor mode + maybe the TH-D7.
> I've used the tracking yagi's of the ISIS ground station.
>
> I expect the beacon to be UI frames. Their website does not say so on
> the front page.
> However, they have hidden a PDF away on the data submission page.
> Direct link:
http://beacon.engr.scu.edu/BeaconProcessingSystem/NanoSailDBeaconDecoding.pdf
> Additionally, Bob is right, there is NO bitrade or modulation type in
> this document.
>
> 73s
>
> Wouter Weggelaar
> PA3WEG
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Bob Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
>> Would someone pass back to the FASTSAT and NANOSAT folks that they should
>> tell us what we are listening for?  AX.25?  1200 baud, 9600 baud? CW?
 What
>> are we listening for?
>>
>> I just had an overhead pass, but by the time I went through all their web
>> pages and links, I found NOTHING useful.  By the time I gave up, and got
>> back to the radio, I really missed the whole pass.
>>
>> Bob, Wb4APR
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>> Behalf Of Dave Taylor
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:24 PM
>> To: amsat
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: NanoSail-D Ejects; NASA Seeks Amateur Radio
>> Operators' Aid to Listen for Beacon Signal
>>
>> For those interested...
>>
>> -- Dave, W8AAS
>>
>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> RELEASE: 11-009
>>>
>>> NANOSAIL-D EJECTS; NASA SEEKS AMATUER RADIO OPERATORS' AID TO LISTEN
>>> FOR
>>> BEACON SIGNAL
>>>
>>> HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 a.m. EST, engineers at
>>> Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that the
>>> NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific and
>>> Technology Satellite, FASTSAT. The ejection event occurred
>>> spontaneously
>>> and was identified this morning when engineers at the center analyzed
>>> onboard FASTSAT telemetry. The ejection of NanoSail-D also has been
>>> confirmed by ground-based satellite tracking assets.
>>>
>>> Amateur ham operators are asked to listen for the signal to verify
>>> NanoSail-D is operating. This information should be sent to the
>>> NanoSail-D dashboard at: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm.
>>> The NanoSail-D beacon signal can be found at 437.270 MHz.
>>>
>>> The NanoSail-D science team is hopeful the nanosatellite is healthy
>>> and
>>> can complete its solar sail mission. After ejection, a timer within
>>> NanoSail-D begins a three-day countdown as the satellite orbits the
>>> Earth. Once the timer reaches zero, four booms will quickly deploy and
>>> the NanoSail-D sail will start to unfold to a 100-square-foot polymer
>>> sail. Within five seconds the sail fully unfurls.
>>>
>>> "This is great news for our team. We're anxious to hear the beacon
>>> which
>>> tells us that NanoSail-D is healthy and operating as planned," said
>>> Dean
>>> Alhorn, NanoSail-D principal investigator and aerospace engineer at
>>> the
>>> Marshall Center. "The science team is hopeful to see that NanoSail-D
>>> is
>>> operational and will be able to unfurl its solar sail."
>>>
>>> On Dec. 6,, 2010, NASA triggered the planned ejection of NanoSail-D
>>> from
>>> FASTSAT. At that time, the team confirmed that the door successfully
>>> opened and data indicated a successful ejection. Upon further
>>> analysis,
>>> no evidence of NanoSail-D was identified in low-Earth orbit, leading
>>> the
>>> team to believe NanoSail-D remained inside FASTSAT.
>>>
>>> The FASTSAT mission has continued to operate as planned with the five
>>> other scientific experiments operating nominally.
>>>
>>> "We knew that the door opened and it was possible that NanoSail-D
>>> could
>>> eject on its own," said Mark Boudreaux, FASTSAT project manager at the
>>> Marshall Center. "What a pleasant surprise this morning when our
>>> flight
>>> operations team confirmed that NanoSail-D is now a free flyer."
>>> If the deployment is successful, NanoSail-D will stay in low-Earth
>>> orbit
>>> between 70 and 120 days, depending on atmospheric conditions.
>>> NanoSail-D
>>> is designed to demonstrate deployment of a compact solar sail boom
>>> system that could lead to further development of this alternative
>>> solar
>>> sail propulsion technology and FASTSAT's ability to eject a
>>> nano-satellite from a micro-satellite - while avoiding re-contact with
>>> the FASTSAT satellite bus.
>>>
>>> Follow the NanoSail-D mission operation on Twitter at:
>>> http://twitter.com/nanosaild
>>>
>>> For additional information on the timeline of the NanoSail-D
>>> deployment
>>> visit:
>>> http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/501204main_NSD2_timeline_sequence.pdf
>>>
>>> To learn more about FASTSAT and the NanoSail-D missions visit:
>>> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats
>>>
>>> -end-
>>>
>>> News release
>>> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2011/11-009.html
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>
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