The Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) initiative has another launch on October 28 at 5:48 a.m. EDT and a number of Amateur Radio satellites are among them. On the CubeSat reflector Connor Lange KJ6KSV ELaNa III Groundstation Coordinator posted this information:
The ELaNa III Cubesats being launched are listed below:
Satellite: AubieSat-1
Downlink Freq: 437.475 MHz
EIRP: .708W
Modulation Scheme: Interrupted Continuous Wave (IWC)
Protocol: Morse Code
Baud Rate: 20wpm
Satellite: DICE
Downlink Freq: 465 MHz
EIRP: -4.51dBW
Modulation Scheme: OQPSK
Protocol: CCSDS
Baud Rate: Modulation data rate 1.5 megabit, Actual Tx bit rate 3.0 megabit
Satellite: RAX-2
Downlink Freq: 437.345 MHz
Modulation Scheme: GMSK
Baud Rate: 9600
Satellite: M-Cubed (1)
Downlink Freq: 437.485MHz
EIRP: < 1W
Modulation Scheme: FSK
Protocol: AX.25
Baud Rate: 9600
Satellite: Explorer-1 [PRIME] Flight Unit 2
Downlink Freq: 437.505 MHz
EIRP: -0.7dBW
Modulation Scheme: Non-Coherent FSK
Protocol: KISS Custom
Baud Rate: 1200
Additional spacecraft information can be found on the satellite websites listed below:
M-Cubed:
http://umcubed.org/
DICE:
http://www.sdl.usu.edu/programs/dice
Explorer-1 [PRIME]
http://ssel.montana.edu/e1p/
RAX-2:
http://rax.engin.umich.edu/
AubieSat-1:
http://space.auburn.edu/
If you are able to offer your support on, and after, October 28th please send me an email ASAP with your physical location, lat/long/el information, and which satellites you can support. If you will be supporting us, please also log into our IRC channel. Information for doing so is below:
Point your IRC client to irc.freenode.net and join #cubesat . We suggest setting your nickname to something that identifies yourself individually, as well as a note to what organization you are from, if any. For example, “Org_Name_CALLSIGN”.
The TLEs will be released soon, so make sure to check
http://www.cubesat.org/ for the most recent information.
In addition to cubesat.org, Spaceflight Now
(http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d357/status.html ) also has launch information. If you have any questions about the launch, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Email: rclange at calpoly.edu