HITSAT (Hokkaido Institute of Technology Satellite) of Japan will be launched at 23 Sep 2006 by M-V-7. ----------------------------------------------------------- Sat. Uplink Downlink CW Mode HITSAT 145.980 437.425 437.275 1200baud AFSK AX.25 ----------------------------------------------------------- And you must NOT uplink untill GSC announce. HITSAT will be launched via M-V-7 with SOLAR-B scheduled for 22Sep06 21:00-22:00 UTC (23Sep06 06:00-07:00 JST). Keps do not be made public yet. http://www.hit.ac.jp/~satori/hitsat/index-e.html http://www.hit.ac.jp/~satori/gs/e/index.html http://www.jaxa.jp/news_topics/column/no16/p2_e.html http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/solar-b/index.shtml http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2006/hitsat.htm http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm [ M-V-7 Flight Sequence ] 22Sep06 21:00-22:00 UTC, 1st stage ignition 75 sec: 2nd stage ignition, 1st stage separation 186 sec: Nose fairing open 200 sec: 2nd stage separation 202 sec: 3rd stage nozzle extension 347 sec: Attitude turn start 400 sec: Attitude turn end 510 sec: Spacecraft separation 683 sec: Sun search start 830 sec: HITSAT separation 990 sec: SSSAT separation 34 min: SAP panel deploy 40 min: Sun pointing establish http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/countdown/index.shtml M-V-7/SOLAR-B/HITSAT launch success! 21:36:30 UTC, Sep 22, 2006 06:36:30 JST, Sep 23, 2006 http://jaxa.tv/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: M-V-7/SOLAR-B/HITSAT launch success! From: Lee McLamb Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:10:11 -0400 I heard the CW beacon here in EL98oj from 2244-2246 UTC. AOS/LOS times are probably off a little from the actual horizon times since I was manually searching with the antenna without any keps. Congratulations to the HITSAT Team! 73, Lee-KU4OS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] HITSAT copied in EL88pg From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:54:58 -0400 Congratulations to the HITSAT team! I copied the CW beacon from 22:42 at ~437.280, 22:44 at 274.3 (just after time of closest approach), and 22:45:45 at 268.2. I was busy pointing and tuning, so didn't get any of the telemetry, and Mixw didn't either. There is a bit of a gap between transmissions which makes tuning and pointing by hand a bit tough, especially with no keps ;-) The signal was quite strong at times, up to s9 or so on a M2 30cp and Landwehr preamp. Looking forward to 1200 baud data from this satellite hopefully. 73, Drew KO4MA EL88pg New Port Richey, FL AMSAT LM 2332 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HITSAT launch success! From: G0MRF Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:17:54 EDT The Hitsat website is reporting the successful launch of Hitsat earlier today. Signal reports of the 70cm beacon have been received from Florida and Iowa. TLEs given as 1 28941U 060000 06265.90462963 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000 2 00000 98.3190 274.0460 02960200 127.2240 032.8070 15.29572426 00000 Congratulations ! David G0MRF ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Way To Go HITSAT From: "Keith N4ZQ/2" Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:21:16 GMT I to 'copied' HITSAT from here in West Central Florida. AOS at 22:43 on 437.275 (because that is where the receiver was set to) with a solid S9 signal. Copy Following Data Signal 599 at 437.275 AOS at 22:43 2c4f504d514c4a4b c1d1d2e6 JR8YJT 29011317222D LOS at 18:47 437.266 MHz Agree with Drew, the long gaps in transmission made for tuning and copying a bit hard. Hence, the there are gaps in the receive data while looking for the signal to reappear. Good Luck HITSAT. Looks like you got a SAT that's a HIT... 73 Keith N4ZQ EL88pa ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Hitsat From: "wa6fwf" Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:26:03 -0700 Hi All, 4 deg pass in California at 00:18 UTC AOS about 3 S units over the noise, the long gap between groups makes copy interesting with the Doppler. 73 Kevin WA6FWF Amsat-UK #6505 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Hot From Space Track.org From: "Keith N4ZQ" Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:07:20 GMT HitSat ? Who knows, but right on top to the HITSAT Kep #2.. OBJECT A 1 29479U 06041A 06265.94143226 -.00000724 22906-5 00000+0 0 13 2 29479 098.3083 274.0769 0297312 131.1804 231.6053 15.30210541 03 OBJECT D 1 29482U 06041D 06265.94141978 -.00000732 23159-5 00000+0 0 19 2 29482 098.3188 274.0668 0277188 130.4303 232.1475 15.32474646 00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] HITSAT KEPS update From: "Mineo Wakita" Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:22:46 +0900 OBJECT ? 1 00000U 060000 06265.90462963 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0007 2 00000 98.3190 274.0460 0296020 127.2240 032.8070 15.29572426 00005 OBJECT A 1 29479U 06041A 06266.00676875 .09221790 55074-1 94972-1 0 20 2 29479 098.3158 274.1513 0283162 130.1928 232.3173 15.31579544 01 OBJECT D 1 29482U 06041D 06266.00671643 .11084232 87703-1 11982+0 0 25 2 29482 098.3448 274.1626 0275579 129.0668 233.4119 15.32586376 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Hitsat over europe From: "Mike Rupprecht" Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:13:29 +0200 Hi, just heard HITSAT over europe - 0653 - 0701 UTC, 437.275MHz 0d9d2e5 hi t1 jr8yjt .. c1d8d1c2 hi t1 jr8yjt hi t2 90121314928 hi t3 0e4c4f494e... LOS 73, Mike DK3WN ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] HITSAT CW From: "Mineo Wakita" Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:13:55 +0900 I received HITSAT CW signals at 08:05:00 UTC, Sep 23. GSC of HITSAT uplinked to HITSAT with FM command. > C1D9D1C2 > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/60923hit.wav ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: HitSat over Brazil South America From: "Fabio T. Magalhaes" Date: 24 Sep 2006, 5:52 Hello Dr Mineo Wakita / JE9PEL Copy Hitsat at 20:30 UTC over Brazil.. The signal wasn't strong but I'm verry happy to copy it...... My rig: FT847 and 6 ele yagi Az/Ele control.... Attaches a file with the recorded signals 73 es DX Fabio - PY4AJ