NASA ELaNa NanoSatellites

Black Knight-1, CAPE-2, ChargerSat-1, COPPER, CSIP, DragonSat-1, Firefly, Ho'oponopono-2
KySat-2, Lunar Orbiter/Lander CubeSat, NPS-SCAT, ORSES, ORS Tech-1,2, ORS-3, PhoneSat2.4
Prometheus-1,2,3,4, Rampart, SENSE-1,2, STARE-B, STPSat-3, SwampSat, TetherSat-1,2
TJ3Sat, Trailblazer-1, Vermont Lunar Cubesat
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NASA ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) many Satellites will be launched on 00:30 UTC, 20 November 2013 by Minotaur-1 rocket from Wallops Flight Facility. I, JE9PEL introduce now these satellites in the order. (C)IARU, Zarya (C)CalPoly edu 1. Black Knight-1 United States Military Academy 1U cubesat intended to test a passive 2 axis attitude control system and a C328R camera. Downlink 437.345MHz (C)SSC09-XII-2.pdf 2. CAPE-2 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Cubesat proposal with on board SDR, maritime buoy store and forward data relay and GMSK 38k4 capability. Downlink 145.825MHz and 437.325MHz (C)CalPoly edu 3. ChargerSat-1 University of Alabama in Huntsville The primary mission is to perform a technology demonstration of gravity gradient stabilization, improved solar collection and improved horizon communications on a pico-satellite. Downlink 437.405MHz (C)UAH edu 4. COPPER Saint Louis University, Parks College 2U CubeSat, identical to Argus-1, intended to collect in-space radiation-event data on test circuits to help calibrate new models for predicting the effects of radiation on space electronics. Downlink 437.290MHz 9600bps (C)SLU edu 5. CSIP (non-amateur) AFRL/RV アメリカ空軍研究所 Technology Cubesat (3U) 6. DragonSat-1 Drexel University 1U cubesat project with a mission to take pictures of aurora (northern and southern lights) to observe the radiation dissipation intensity during the solar events, and to perform a technology demonstration of boom deployment mechanism in space. Downlink 145.870MHz (C)CalPoly edu 7. Firefly (non-amateur) Goddard Space Flight Center Cubesat (3U) that will investigate the relationship between lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes. (C)NASA gov 8. Ho'oponopono-2 University of Hawaii at Manoa 3U CubeSat mission developed by students of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Ma-noa), to perform radar calibration. That mission is to provide GPS-based orbit determination telemetry that would be of interest to the amateur radio community. Downlink 427.220MHz, 9600bps FSK/GMSK (C)Hawaii edu 9. KySat-2 Kentucky Space LLC http://ssl.engineering.uky.edu/missions/orbital/kysat-2/ These institutions are: - Kentucky Space LLC: Mission Management - Morehead State University (MSU): Communications, power systems - University of Kentucky (UK): On board computer, imaging payload once in orbit the spacecraft will transmit on the amateur UHF band and beacon using the AX.25 protocol to portable ground station already developed by MSU for outreach in K-12 grades. Downlink 437.405MHz, 9600bps FSK (C)Kentucky Space 10.Lunar Orbiter/Lander CubeSat University of Vermont, Vermont Technical College 1U cubesat, testing software and an imager for an eventual lunar orbiter/lander cubesat that will be sent to the Moon via a launch to geosynchronous orbit. (C)CalPoly edu 11.NPS-SCAT Naval Postgraduate School The primary mission is to test solar cells. Downlink 2.4012 - 2.4476GHz and 437.525MHz (C)NPS edu 12.ORSES (non-amateur) US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) 13.ORS Tech-1,2 (non-amateur) Johns Hopkins University Assess a multi-mission satellite bus (3U) 14.ORS-3 (non-amateur) USAF (United States Air Force) The flight's primary objective is testing space-based rocket tracking technology and an autonomous termination system smart enough to destroy the rocket if it flies off course. (C)eoPortal 15.PhoneSat2.4 NASA Ames Research Center PhoneSat-v2 is a technology demonstration mission intended to increase the functional capabilities of PhoneSat-v1 and demonstrate complete satellite functionally in a low cost package. The satellite is built around the Nexus S smartphone which will be running the Android operating system and will be enclosed in a standard 1U cubesat structure. Downlink 2401.200 - 2431.200MHz and 437.425MHz, http://www.phonesat.org/ (C)NASA gov [Supplement] We were able to enter the NASA_HP previously. http://www.nasa.gov/ However, the following message is displayed now and we can not currently browse the NASA_HP. (Reopening) > Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available. 16.Prometheus-1,2,3,4 (non-amateur) Los Alamos National Laboratories Assessing the operational effectiveness of a constellation of Cubesats (3U) 17.Rampart Morehead State University Student built amateur radio and Technology Cubesat (2U) 18.SENSE-1,2 (non-amateur) USAF (United States Air Force) Government/Military Cubesats (3U) (C)Calpory 19.STARE-B (non-amateur) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Technology Cubesat (3U) which will demonstrate the tracking of space debris. (C)eoPortal 20.STPSat-3 (non-amateur) USAF STP(Space Test Program) - iMESA-R (Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer Reflight) mission - J-CORE (Joint Component Research) mission - SSU (Strip Sensor Unit), an AFRL Directed Energy (RD) experiment - SWATS (Small Wind and Temperature Spectrometer), a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) mission - TCTE (TSI Calibration Transfer Experiment), a NASA/NOAA mission (C)US Air Force 21.SwampSat Gator Amateur Radio Club @ University of Florida Technology Cubesat (1U) Downlink 437.385MHz (C)AMSAT-UK 22.TetherSat-1,2 Naval Research Laboratory 3U cubesat that splits into two with a 1km tether to test electrodynamic tether propulsion. Downlink Tethersat-1, 437.100MHz 9600bps AX25 GFSK Tethersat-2, 437.305MHz 9600bps AX25 GFSK (C)Colorado edu 23.TJ3Sat Thomas Jefferson High School The cubesat is expected to broadcast speech converted from a text string that is transmitted by the ground station. However, the main mission of the satellite is to develop resources that other students can use in the development of their own satellites and in their exploration of space. Dwonlink 437.320MHz (C)Popular Mechanics 24.Trailblazer-1 University of New Mexico 1U cubesat intended to a variety of space weather projects including a dosimeter, gyro and magnetometer. Downlink 437.425MHz (C)COSMIAC 25.Vermont Lunar Cubesat Vermont Technical College Testing the NASA Goddard GPS Enhanced Navigation System and star tracker camera for our proposed Lunar Lander/Orbiter CubeSat. http://cubesatlab.org/ Downlink 437.305MHz 9600bps (C)Vermont Space Grant Consortium [Supplement1] Including more GS site http://cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/135-ors3-launch-alert SmallSat, 500kg - 900kg MiniSat, 100kg - 500kg MicroSat, 10kg - 100kg NanoSat, 1kg - 10kg PicoSat, 100g - 1kg FemsSat, 1g - 100g [Supplement2] NASA ELaNa NanoSatellites pre TLE http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=38470 (C)DK3WN HOOPONOPONO 1 99900U 00000 13324.03667882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0003 2 99900 40.5215 238.6961 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000005 VERMONT 1 99901U 00000 13324.03702604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0006 2 99901 40.5215 238.6961 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000008 TJ3SAT 1 99902U 00000 13324.03702604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0007 2 99902 40.5215 238.6961 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000009 KYSAT-2 1 99904U 00000 13324.03737326 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0008 2 99904 40.5214 238.6960 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000008 NPS-SCAT 1 99905U 00000 13324.03737326 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0009 2 99905 40.5214 238.6960 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000009 CAPE-2 1 99906U 00000 13324.03737326 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000 2 99906 40.5214 238.6960 0003075 205.2431 337.9664 15.19728651000000 DRAGONSAT-1 1 99907U 00000 13324.03702604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0002 2 99907 40.5215 238.6961 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000004 PHONESAT2-4 1 99908U 00000 13324.03702604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0003 2 99908 40.5215 238.6961 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000005 TRAILBLAZER 1 99909U 00000 13324.03702604 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0004 2 99909 40.5215 238.6961 0002954 196.7779 344.5267 15.19722048000006 COPPER 1 99910U 00000 13324.03667882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0004 2 99910 40.5215 238.6961 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000006 SWAMPSAT 1 99911U 00000 13324.03667882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0005 2 99911 40.5215 238.6961 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000007 CHARGERSAT-1 1 99912U 00000 13324.03667882 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0006 2 99912 40.5215 238.6961 0002852 187.8940 351.5057 15.19723466000008 TetherSat-1 437.100 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, Hooponopono-2 437.220 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 15 second interval Copper 437.290 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 10 second interval Vermont Lunar 437.305 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 60 second interval TetherSat-2 437.305 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25 TJ3Sat 437.320 MHz, CW beep every 13.5 seconds, CW identifier every 10 minutes CAPE-2 437.325 MHz, CW and 1k2 AFSK AX.25, interval based on satellite mode SwampSat 437.385 MHz, 9k6 FSK AX.25, 60 second interval, 1W KySat-2 437.405 Mhz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 15 second interval in sunlight ChargerSat-1 437.405 Mhz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 10 second interval Trailblazer 437.425 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 50 second interval, 1W PhoneSat-v24 437.425 MHz, 1k2 AFSK AX.25, 30 second interval (150s charging mode) NPS-SCAT 437.525 MHz, 1k2 AFSK AX.25, 5 minute interval CAPE-2 145.825 MHz, CW and 1k2 AFSK AX.25, interval based on satellite mode DragonSat-1 145.870 MHz, 9k6 FSK, AX.25, 30 second interval [Supplement3] Launch Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radXbbDbkyM


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