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Today's Topics:
1. HO-68 telemetry (Eric Knaps, ON4HF)
2. Fwd: NanoSail-D Ejects; NASA Seeks Amateur Radio Operators'
Aid to Listen for Beacon Signal (Dave Taylor)
3. LoTW (Bob Herrell)
4. Re: LoTW (Jeff Yanko)
5. Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???) (Bob Bruninga)
6. Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???) (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
7. PC-SAT/NO-44 (Patrick Green)
8. Re: PC-SAT/NO-44 (Bob Bruninga)
9. Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???) (Dave Taylor)
10. Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???) (Jeff Yanko)
11. Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???) (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:10:21 +0100
From: "Eric Knaps, ON4HF" <on4hf@xxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 telemetry
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4D37533D.5060204@xxxxxxx.xx>
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Received the beacon from HO-68. Orbit 5271 at 21:09 utc.
XW-1 Telemetry Decoder (c) Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN
==================================================
PA Output RF Switch Status : PA2 Works (Beacon only)
Transponder Working Status : Beacon only
Transponder Temperature : 18 C
Beacon RF Output Power : 90 mW
Beacon Power Supply Volts : 5 V
Receiver Power Supply Curr : 0 mA
Linear Transponder ACG Volts : 0 V
Transponder RF Output Power : 0 mW
Transponder PA Curr : 0 mA
Linear Transponder Up Conv : 0 mA
Linear Transponder Volts : 0 V
FM Dig S/F Transponder Curr : 0 mA
FM Dig S/F Transponder Volts : 0 V
73,
Eric.
--
Amateur Radio Station ON4HF
Eric Knaps
Satellite manager UBA
Tel. +32472985876 (mobile)
http://www.on4hf.be
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:24:16 -0500
From: Dave Taylor <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: NanoSail-D Ejects; NASA Seeks Amateur Radio
Operators' Aid to Listen for Beacon Signal
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <415C5393-1CDC-4337-BB41-FF2D1A3752D3@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
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
>
>
> For releases sent directly to you, contact: betty.humphery@xxxx.xxx.
>
> Marshall Space Flight Center
> Public Affairs Department
> 256-544-0034
> 256-544-5852 (fax)
> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news
>
> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall community on
> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@xxxxxxxx
>
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:11:46 -0600
From: Bob Herrell <aj5c@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LoTW
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4D3761A2.3080405@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hi all,
My logs are all current on LoTW. I am beginning to see new calls for my
satellite contacts showing up. Still like them old fashion paper cards
though. I will continue to upload every evening after the last pass.
73,
Bob AJ5C
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:28:08 -0800
From: "Jeff Yanko" <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LoTW
To: "Bob Herrell" <aj5c@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <2F22F329FC064408964CC335DBF4B8F7@xxxxxxxx>
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Hi Bob,
The old paper cards are nice, but the postage getting them where they need
to go is getting out of hand and will likely get worse.
73,
Jeff WB3JFS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Herrell" <aj5c@xxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:11 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] LoTW
> Hi all,
>
> My logs are all current on LoTW. I am beginning to see new calls for my
> satellite contacts showing up. Still like them old fashion paper cards
> though. I will continue to upload every evening after the last pass.
>
> 73,
> Bob AJ5C
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:12:25 -0500
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)
To: "'Dave Taylor'" <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "'amsat'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <045701cbb82e$55e309a0$01a91ce0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx 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
>
>
> For releases sent directly to you, contact: betty.humphery@xxxx.xxx.
>
> Marshall Space Flight Center
> Public Affairs Department
> 256-544-0034
> 256-544-5852 (fax)
> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news
>
> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall community on
> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@xxxxxxxx
>
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:30:10 -0500
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)
To: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<AANLkTi=scjxg7kW5oru_FYCJtPT6F1uKYiAxrRf6a5Fo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
I got 2 packets by the time I got everything figured out.
Dave - KB1PVH
Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
On Jan 19, 2011 6:24 PM, "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx> 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@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx 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
>>
>>
>> For releases sent directly to you, contact: betty.humphery@xxxx.xxx.
>>
>> Marshall Space Flight Center
>> Public Affairs Department
>> 256-544-0034
>> 256-544-5852 (fax)
>> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news
>>
>> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall community on
>> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr:
>>
>> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
>> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@xxxxxxxx
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:31:25 -0600
From: Patrick Green <pagreen@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] PC-SAT/NO-44
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<AANLkTikkO=47zAdhwEXriiVUmCA8rXg=H_RTkoQyBm8Z@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
When is the 2 week 100% sun period starting for this?
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:47:59 -0500
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: PC-SAT/NO-44
To: "'Patrick Green'" <pagreen@xxxxx.xxx>, "'Amsat BB'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <046c01cbb833$4dba77e0$e92f67a0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Thanks for the reminder!
Looks like 27 Feb
I forgot all about the dfeecemeber one and missed it.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Patrick Green
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:31 PM
To: Amsat BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] PC-SAT/NO-44
When is the 2 week 100% sun period starting for this?
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:01:20 -0500
From: Dave Taylor <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <CBC591B0-2472-400C-902A-16473655EB60@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
The mission dashboard page has links to the page for submitting
packets and decoding, as well as keps:
http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm
It's standard AX.25, like the other sats on that launch.
-- Dave
On Jan 19, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
> I got 2 packets by the time I got everything figured out.
>
> Dave - KB1PVH
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
>
> On Jan 19, 2011 6:24 PM, "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx> 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@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-
> bounces@xxxxx.xxxx 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
> >>
> >>
> >> For releases sent directly to you, contact:
> betty.humphery@xxxx.xxx.
> >>
> >> Marshall Space Flight Center
> >> Public Affairs Department
> >> 256-544-0034
> >> 256-544-5852 (fax)
> >> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news
> >>
> >> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall
> community on
> >> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr:
> >>
> >> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
> >> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall
> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@xxxxxxxx
> >>
> >
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:19:22 -0800
From: "Jeff Yanko" <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)
To: "Dave Taylor" <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "amsat"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Keps for this object?
Jeff WB3JFS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Taylor" <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:01 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)
> The mission dashboard page has links to the page for submitting
> packets and decoding, as well as keps:
> http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm
> It's standard AX.25, like the other sats on that launch.
>
> -- Dave
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
>
>> I got 2 packets by the time I got everything figured out.
>>
>> Dave - KB1PVH
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2011 6:24 PM, "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx> 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@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-
>> bounces@xxxxx.xxxx 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> For releases sent directly to you, contact:
>> betty.humphery@xxxx.xxx.
>> >>
>> >> Marshall Space Flight Center
>> >> Public Affairs Department
>> >> 256-544-0034
>> >> 256-544-5852 (fax)
>> >> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news
>> >>
>> >> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall
>> community on
>> >> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
>> >> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall
>> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@xxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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>> author.
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:48:42 -0500
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)
To: Jeff Yanko <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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<AANLkTikdVNQ7XfB28ORTtJQDj5DpALbg+DqpM+-eYgzO@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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NANOSAILD
1 90027U 0 11019.40613897 +.00003325 +00000-0 +47680-3 0 00013
2 90027 071.9739 007.2360 0021785 203.3337 159.2085 14.77038910000019
Not sure if they copied correctly on my phone.
Dave- KB1PVH
Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
On Jan 19, 2011 7:33 PM, "Jeff Yanko" <wb3jfs@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> Keps for this object?
>
>
> Jeff WB3JFS
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Taylor" <dave.w8aas@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: "amsat" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:01 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???)
>
>
>> The mission dashboard page has links to the page for submitting
>> packets and decoding, as well as keps:
>> http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm
>> It's standard AX.25, like the other sats on that launch.
>>
>> -- Dave
>>
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
>>
>>> I got 2 packets by the time I got everything figured out.
>>>
>>> Dave - KB1PVH
>>>
>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X
>>>
>>> On Jan 19, 2011 6:24 PM, "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx> 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@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-
>>> bounces@xxxxx.xxxx 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
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> For releases sent directly to you, contact:
>>> betty.humphery@xxxx.xxx.
>>> >>
>>> >> Marshall Space Flight Center
>>> >> Public Affairs Department
>>> >> 256-544-0034
>>> >> 256-544-5852 (fax)
>>> >> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news
>>> >>
>>> >> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall
>>> community on
>>> >> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr:
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
>>> >> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall
>>> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@xxxxxxxx
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
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>>> author.
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