Calvin W7KYG CN74Jul 8, 2024

“#FireflyAlpha FLTA005/NASA ELaNa 43 mission, nicknamed ‘Noise of Summer,’ launched successfully at 04:04 UTC on July 4 (Wednesday evening, July 3 in the U.S.) and deployed eight new cube #satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Five of these #CubeSats carry #AmateurRadio equipment.”

“all locations on earth will see high-elevation passes roughly between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. and between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. local time daily”

https://www.amsat.org/ans-189-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/

ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins – AMSAT

Show threadCalvin W7KYG CN74Jul 8, 2024
“Among the newly-deployed #satellites, the one of greatest interest to the #AmateurRadio community is #MESAT1. Built by the University of Maine, in cooperation with #AMSAT,
this satellite carries a 30 kHz wide V/U Transponder plus a 1k2 BPSK telemetry downlink. Telemetry downlink 435.800 MHz with transponder downlink 435.810-435.840 MHz, and transponder uplink 145.910-145.940 MHz.”
https://www.amsat.org/ans-189-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/
ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins – AMSAT

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“#CatSat will relay #WSPR and #FT8 signals from HF. Downlinks on 437.185 MHz and 10470.00 MHz.”

“#Serenity, which uses a 4k8 FM with #AX25 downlink on 437.100 MHz.”

“#KUbeSat-1 UHF downlink using 9k6 #GMSK. A downlink on 437.085 MHz.
SOC-i has a UHF downlink using 4k8 GMSK. downlink 437.125 MHz”

https://www.amsat.org/ans-189-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/

ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins – AMSAT

Jul 8, 2024 at 3:43amWeb