[amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite

Mon Sep 26 07:21:11 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

PRATHAM
1 99999U 16005A   16270.24769735  .00000368  00000-0  70534-4 0  1235

2 99999 98.2056 327.8012 0027951 267.5222 9.4278 14.63691895 13.

Thanking you.
Team Pratham.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Aayush Yadav <aayushyadav825 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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]
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *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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