
CubeSat deployment pods on top of the Bion-M1 spacecraft
BeeSat-2, BeeSat-3 and SOMP are in the three 1U Launchers in the front
OSSI-1 is a 1U and alone in a 3U-Pod behind left
DOVE-2 is a 3U Cubesat and fills the 3U-Pod behind right
The BeeSat-2, BeeSat-3 and SOMP CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were deployed from the Bion-M1 spacecraft on Sunday, April 21.
Signals from BeeSat-2 and SOMP have been received by Mike Rupprecht DK3WN, see
SOMP CW beacon active http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=32685
BeeSat-2 CW beacon active http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=32683
Satellite Downlink Mode
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OSSI-1 145.980/437.525 CW and 1200bps FSK AX.25
SOMP 437.485 1200, 9600bps BPSK
BEESAT-2 435.950 4800bps GMSK Mobitex
BEESAT-3 435.950 4800bps GMSK Mobitex
Bion-M1 Biological research satellite
AIST Russian student microsatellite that aims to measure the Earth’s geomagnetic field (435 MHz downlink, 145 MHz command uplink)
Dove-2 Commercial technology demonstration mission (450 MHz band downlink)
Further information at https://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/17/soyuz-cubesat-launch/
Keps / TLE’s:
BEESAT-2 1 99999U BEESAT-2 13111.50000000 -.00000022 00000-0 -18943-5 0 00009 2 99999 065.0052 026.5594 0011818 218.6713 261.0081 14.97601851000171 BEESAT-3 1 99998U BEESAT-3 13111.50000000 -.00000022 00000-0 -18943-5 0 00009 2 99998 065.0052 026.5594 0011818 218.6713 261.0081 14.97601851000170
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