SumbandilaSat, Universitetsky 2 (Tatyana 2, RS 38)

Oceansat-2, BeeSat, UWE-2, ITU-pSat1, SwissCube-1


SumbandilaSat

The South African small satellite ZA-002 or Sumbandila is a low-earth-
observation (LEO) satellite that can take high-resolution pictures of
any area in South Africa and which enables South Africa to collaborate
with other countries.

The programme, which will receive government funding of 26m, will be
carried out in conjunction with the University of Stellenbosch and
Sun Space & Information Systems (Pty Ltd.)

Sumbandila will carry an GSD imager with a ground resolution of 6.25m.
Live downlinking of PAL video images during TT&C ground station passes
will also be possible. Additional experiments are VLF measurements,
an amateur radio payload, an AIS experimental payload and a vibrating
string experiment. 

Sumbandila was planned to be launched together with Kompass 2N on a
submarine-launched Shtil-2.1 rocket, but after unresolved quarrels over
a russian tracking sation on South African territory, russia refused to
launch the satellite. A Piggyback launch on a Soyuz-2-1b Fregat has
been selected as an alternative.

Nation: South Africa 
Type / Application: Experimental 
Operator: University of Stellenbosch, SunSpace 
Contractors: SunSpace 
Equipment: see above 
Configuration: ? 
Propulsion: ? 
Lifetime: 3 years 
Mass: 60 kg 
Orbit: 500 km 

Satellite            Date       LS  Launcher
Sumbandila (ZA-002)  17Sep2009  TB  Soyuz-2-1b Fregat

Remarks:
with Meteor-M 1, Sterkh 2, Universitetsky 2(Tatyana 2), IRIS, UGATUSAT, BLITS
http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/sumbandila.htm

Launch: 17 Sep 2009
Vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b Fregat
V/U transponder: 2m Up / 70cm down (145.880/435.350MHz)
Voice beacon: length 15 seconds    (435.300MHz)
Parrot repeater: every 20 seconds
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/Anton%20Cotezzee%20Sumbandila%20Sat%20Message.mp3
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/SZASAT.htm


SO-67 (SumbandilaSat)

Uplink:    145.875MHz
Downlink:  435.345MHz
CTCSS tone for the transponder: 233.6 Hz
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/


Universitetsky 2 (Tatyana 2, RS 38)

Moscow State University (MSU)
Frequency: 435.264MHz, CW
http://smdc.sinp.msu.ru/index.py
http://smdc.sinp.msu.ru/index.py?nav=tat2
http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/universitetsky-2.htm


Oceansat-2, BeeSat, UWE-2, ITU-pSat1, SwissCube-1

Launch:  23 Sep 2009
Vehicle: PSLV C14
Site   : ISRO Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota India
Main Payload: Oceansat-2

Satellite     Country       Downlink   Mode               CallSign
-----------   -----------   --------   -----------------  --------
Oceansat-2    India         ?          ?
BeeSat        Germany       436.000    GMSK 9600/4800bps  DP0BEE
UWE-2         Germany       437.385    CW,  1200bps AFSK
ITU-pSat1     Turkey        437.325    CW, 19200bps GFSK
SwissCube-1   Switzerland   437.505    CW,  1200bps AFSK  HB9EG
-----------   -----------   -------    -----------------  --------

Oceansat-2
Nation: India
Type / Application: Earth Observing
Operator: ISRO, Indian Space Research Organization
Contractors: ISRO
Equipment: OCM, SCAT, ROSA
Configuration: IRS-1 Bus
Mass: 952 kg
Downlink: ?
http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/oceansat-2.htm

BeeSat
Nation: Germany
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: Technical University of Berlin
Contractors: TU Berlin
Equipment: ?
Configuration: CubeSat
Mass: 1 kg
Downlink: 436.000MHz, 9600/4800bps GMSK
http://www.beesat.de/
http://server02.fb12.tu-berlin.de/rft/beesat/BeeSat/Welcome_to_BeeSat.html

UWE-2
Nation: Germany
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg
Contractors: Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg
Equipment: ?
Configuration: CubeSat
Mass: 1 kg
Downlink: 437.385MHz, 1200bps AX.25/CW
http://www7.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/
http://epubl.ltu.se/1653-0187/2008/032/LTU-PB-EX-08032-SE.pdf

ITU-pSat1
Nation: Turkey
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: Istanbul Technical University - Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Equipment: ?
Configuration: CubeSat
Mass: 820 g
Downlink: 437.325MHz, 19200bps GFSK/CW
http://usl.itu.edu.tr/
http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/SummerWorkshop2007/Aydin_Tayfun.pdf

SwissCube-1
Nation: Switzerland
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Contractors: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Equipment: ?
Configuration: CubeSat
Mass: 1 kg
Downlink: 437.505MHz, 1200bps AFSK/CW
http://swisscube-live.ch/
http://swisscube.epfl.ch/


New CubeSats launched

23 Sep.2009, 06:21UTC (15:21JST)

Satellite     Country       Downlink   Mode                CallSign
-----------   -----------   --------   -----------------   --------
SwissCube-1   Switzerland   437.505    CW,  1200bps AFSK   HB9EG
ITU-pSat1     Turkey        437.325    CW, 19200bps GFSK
BeeSat        Germany       436.000    GMSK 9600/4800bps   DP0BEE
UWE-2         Germany       437.385    CW,  1200bps AFSK
-----------   -----------   -------    -----------------   --------

SWISSCUBE
1 99996U 09999S   09266.27831065  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00017
2 99996 098.2862 000.8438 0005852 035.1139 179.1923 14.51386990000002
ITUpSAT1
1 99997U 09999R   09266.27761620  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00017
2 99997 098.2891 000.8462 0003965 047.3461 163.3305 14.50931852000009
BEESAT
1 99998U 09999Q   09266.27807917  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00018
2 99998 098.3002 000.8533 0002378 350.5091 222.5822 14.50491512000005
UWE-2
1 99999U 09999P   09266.27738472  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00018
2 99999 098.2960 000.8503 0002212 328.3707 241.0884 14.50336350000001

http://blog.isilaunch.com/


UWE-2 heard
I recorded some burst signals like UWE-2 at 12:26UTC, 23 Sep 2009.
I edited some burst signals every 1 minute to a mp3 file of 14 seconds.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/90923uwe.mp3


ITU-pSat1 heard
I recorded some signals from ITU-pSat1 at 14:01UTC, 23 Sep 2009.
She is transmitting repeatedly like 'TA1KS ITUPSATHR'.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/90923itu.mp3


SwissCube CW
SwissCube CW are transmitting by the abridged format for the number like CW of old LO-19.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/lo19cwte.htm


LO-19 (= SwissCube)
0 -      T
1 .-     A
2 ..-    U
3 ...-   V
4 ....-  4
5 .      E
6 -....  6
7 -...   B
8 -..    D
9 -.     N

E LUSAT HI HI 40 AUN ABB AV6 ADT AUN AED AET AE6
5 LUSAT HI HI 40 129 177 136 180 129 158 150 156


SwissCube
HB9EG/1       HB9EG/1
a t v         1 0 3
u vue vu6     2 325 326
v ttttat 4t   3 000010 40

Power states
COM: On
Beacon: On

Battery 1 voltage: 4.12 V
Battery 2 voltage: 4.18 V

Produced current
-X: [0;125[ mA
+X: [0;125[ mA
-Y: [0;125[ mA
+Y: [0;125[ mA
-Z: [125;250[ mA
+Z: [0;125[ mA

Battery 1 temperature: 0 C


SwissCube Beacon Decoder
http://swisscube-live.ch/Home/RadioAmateurs


SwissCube Fabrication Plan PDF


Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: BEESAT
From: Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:30:39 +0200

BeeSat has two CMX909B modems (CML) onboard. The data formats is MOBITEX,
not AX.25 !
The CMX909B is a half-duplex Gaussian Minimum Shift Keyed (GMSK) BT = 0.3
modem data pump with on-chip packet data handling. GMSK modulation optimizes
the data throughput for a given bandwidth RF channel and the on-chip packet
data handling relieves the host uC of regular processing tasks, such as
maintaining Bit and Frame Synch, Block Formatting, CRC and FEC Error Processing,
Data Interleaving and Scrambling. 

BEESat is only active on request of the ground station in Berlin.
There is no CW beacon.


SwissCube BFSK decoded
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/swiscube.htm


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