[amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite

Mon Sep 26 07:19:20 UTC 2016

Hello all,

Following are the final TLE's for Pratham, Beacon is expected to switch on
around 16:30 Hrs IST and we request you all to join us in tracking the
satellite beacon.

Thanking you.
Team Pratham.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> Hi Aayush,
>
> I have approved all pending memberships. Let me know if you still unable
> to post. Congratulations !!on the successful launch and wishing the Pratham
> team a successful deployment of the satellite.
>
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
>
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> *From:* Aayush Yadav <aayushyadav825 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in>
> *Cc:* Mani VU2 WMY <wmy at isac.gov.in>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 25 September 2016 4:21 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Pratham: IITB Student Satellite
>
> Hello Sir,
>
> We would like to post about the launch and telemetry details on the amsat
> India group. I have applied for membership but it has not been approved
> yet. Would it be possible for you to post the above mail on the amsat India
> group? Or if my membership gets approved I will be able to post myself.
>
> Thank you,
> Aayush
> Communication sub-system, Pratham
>
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Aayush Yadav <aayushyadav825 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> We are glad to inform you that Pratham, IITB's Student Satellite is
> expected to launch with the help of PSLV-C35 on 26th September, 2016 at
> 9:12 AM.
> 
> The following are the TLE data for the satellite:
>
> 16005A      16270.25119097     0.00000311       00000-0     59418-4     0
>    1232
> 98.2057    329.0542    0028038    267.7677   9.1998   14.63716875    11
>
> Any update in these will be notified at the earliest. We would love you
> all to be a part of the project and help us in tracking our satellite.
> There are basically two downlink for the satellite, The beacon is
> estimated to switch on in the window of 25-30 degrees North and 4-8 degrees
> East as per the current TLE's. Once switched on, it will remain so through
> out it's orbit. The telemetry data will be switched on only over France and
> India because of our power constraints. If you could, please receive the
> beacon and/or telemetry of the satellite and report back to the mail id's
> as given below. The information for the satellite transmissions is given
> below,
>
> Beacon:
> Frequency: 145.98 MHz
> Modulation: CW
> Words per minute: 30
> Power Emitted: 0.2 W (23 dBm)
>
> Telemetry:
> To be switched on only over India and France
> Modulation: FSK
> Rate: 1200 bps
> Power Emitted: 0.06 W (18 dBm)
>
> For any other Information you may visit our website
> <http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/pratham/>. Also feel free to contact our
> Communication and Ground station team, (Rachana Agarwal,
> rachna.agrawal.04 at gmail.com; and Aayush Yadav, aayushyadav825 at gmail.com)
> for any queries you may have.
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Aayush Yadav <aayushyadav825 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your wishes.
>
> The FSK downlink contains only the health monitoring data of the satellite
> and is used for payload calculations. IPGP university in france requested
> us for the payload data for their scientific research thus we are switching
> on the telemetry only over India and France.
>
> However the CW beacon will be on through out the orbit and can be received
> from anywhere.
>
> Kind regards,
> Team Pratham
>
>
> On Thursday 8 September 2016, Nitin Muttin <vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Hi Team Pratham,
>
> Thanks for the update and will look forward for a successful launch and
> deployment of your satellite. Please share why the FSK downlink on 437.455
> Mhz is activated over France and India.
>
> 73
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
> Secretary, AMSAT INDIA
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Aayush Yadav <aayushyadav825 at gmail.com>
> *To:* "amsat-bb at amsat.org" <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 September 2016 10:25 PM
> *Subject:* [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite
>
> Greetings everyone,
>
> We, students of IIT Bombay, are glad to inform you that our project,
> Pratham, is ready and expected to launch with PSLV-C35 in the last week of
> September. We would be really happy if  you all joined us in receiving our
> satellite's beacon, details given below:
>
> Beacon:
> Mode: CW
> wpm: 35 words
> Frequency: 145.980 MHz
>
> Downlink:
> Mode: FSK
> Baudrate: 1200 bps
> Frequency: 437.455 MHz
> (To be switched on over France and India only)
>
> We will update the information as soon as TLE's will be available.
>
> Kind Regards.
> Team Pratham
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