[amsat-bb] Re: SRMSAT Keps and Down Link Details

[Dinesh Cyanam]

Hi Drew,
Thank you for your wishes…

Well it is a Nanosat. Shouldn't have called it a cubesat… my bad…
As far as I am know, there is no possibility of a secondary communications mission. I have graduated from the University so the information I have is kind of limited. They have asked me and other Ham radio operators to track the satellite. Hence, I have posted it here. Will let you you if I hear anything about a secondary communications mission.

Also, Pete, WB2OQQ, reported that he was not able to load the TLEs into his tracking program. I believe the email system has reformatted the keps. So now the keps can be downloaded from here: http://dinesh.cyanam.net/dl/SRMSAT_TLEs.txt

73
Dinesh
KC2YQJ

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> Hi Dinesh,
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> Is this a cubesat, or a microsat? The webpage indicates it is 286mmx286mmx294mm and 10kg, which is more the size of AO-51 than a 100mm^3 cubesat.
> 
> Is there any possibility of a secondary amateur communications mission?
> 
> Good Luck with the launch.
> 
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dinesh Cyanam <dinesh at cyanam.net>
>> Sent: Oct 10, 2011 1:43 PM
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] SRMSAT Keps and Down Link Details
>> 
>> SRMSAT, A cubesat developed by the students of SRM University, India will be launched on October 12th, 2011 along with the Megha Tropique satellite on the PSLV-C18 launch vehicle from ISRO's spaceport in Sriharikota, India. 
>> 
>> Payload Details: 
>> SRMSAT will monitor the green house gases in near infrared region (900nm - 1700nm).  
>> 
>> Launch Date and Time: 
>> October 12, 2011 
>> 0530 hrs UTC
>> 
>> Telemetry down link and CW beacon on the same frequency: 437.425 MHz (10 dbm)
>> (Telemetry decoding info will be posted soon)
>> 
>> Preliminary TLEs from ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network): 
>> SRM 
>> 1 99999U 11072A 11278.34967500 .00001077 00000-0 60876-3 0 1233 
>> 2 99999 20.0603 97.4017 0010015 338.6461 208.4324 14.09199968 14 
>> 
>> Website: http://srmsat.in
>> 
>> All Radio Amateurs are requested to track SRMSAT and provide us with the reception reports via AMSAT-BB mailing list or via email to KC2YQJ <at> arrl.net                     
>> 
>> 73
>> KC2YQJ
>> Dinesh Cyanam
>> 
>>