More than a million UVQSat telemetry frames received

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AMSAT-F have issued an update on the UVQSat CubeSat, they plan to conduct further test on the FM transponder.

In a post to the AMSAT Bulletin Board the AMSAT-F President Christophe Mercier says:

More than 1,200,000 frames have been received on the AMSAT-F experimental database this week https://amsat.electrolab.fr/

It is possible to visualize the data via an online Dashboard:
https://amsat.electrolab.fr/grafana/d/ujwd-SaMz/uvsqsat?orgId=1

These data were collected by more than 50 stations in the world via the UVSQsat decoder software. The software allows to send the data to the AMSAT-F and Satnogs databases. The continuous reception of telemetry is valuable to the project team that is piloting the satellite.

Although the downloading of large amounts of data is done over Europe, this also took place over Japan with the help of Japanese radio amateurs.

It is noted that a new version of the UVSQSAT Decoder software is available with new features (new ASCII telemetry decoded, performance improvement,..)

The commissioning phase has been successfully completed. Now the UVSQsat project team with Radioclub F6KRK and AMSAT-Francophone will conduct further tests on the transponder to ensure that it can be operated over a period of several days without taking any risk to the satellite.

For this we are looking for volunteer radio amateurs to participate in these tests on all continents. If you are interested contact AMSAT-Francophone, email amsatf<at>amsat-f.org

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Christophe Mercier
AMSAT-F president
https://amsat-f.org/

Soyuz‑2.1a launch – Amateur radio satellites deployed

Soyuz 2.1a Launch March 22, 2021 - Credit GK Launch Services

Soyuz 2.1a Launch March 22, 2021 – Credit GK Launch Services

The Soyuz‑2.1a LV was launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on March 22, 2021. The following satellites, operating in frequency bands allocated to the amateur satellite service have been coordinated by the IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel:

• Beesat‑5
• Beesat‑6
• Beesat‑7
• Beesat‑8
• FEES
• SMOG
• GRBAlpha
• KSU_Cubesat
• DIY‑1
• STECCO
• CubeSX-HSE
• CubeSX-Sirius-HSE
• Orbicraft-Zorkiy
• NanoSatC-BR2

Operating in frequency bands allocated to the amateur satellite service without IARU frequency coordination is KMSL. Additional satellites may follow.

Operating in frequency bands allocated to the amateur satellite service while the IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel has declined coordination are UNISAT‑7 and WildTrackCube-Simba.

Further information including the IARU coordinated frequencies at http://amsat.org.uk/iaru/

Amateur radio satellites deploy March 14

BIRDS-4 Satellite DeploymentEight satellites, all coordinated by the IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel, are planned to be deployed from the International Space Station on Sunday, March 14.

ISS CubeSat deployment on March 14, 2021 - image by astronaut Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP

ISS CubeSat deployment on March 14, 2021 – image by astronaut Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP

The deployment should be streamed live on YouTube, watch from 09:15 GMT [UPDATE deployment now expected after 10:30 GMT]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLltILh8SLw

The CubeSats being deployed are:
• OPUSAT-II
• GuaraniSat‑1 (BIRDS‑4)
• Maya‑2 (BIRDS‑4)
• Tsuru (BIRDS‑4)
• RSP-01
• WARP-01
• TAUSAT‑1
• STARS-EC

It is understood the BIRDS-4 satellites are carrying digipeaters and TAUSAT‑1 has an FM transponder. Further information including the IARU coordinated frequencies are at http://amsat.org.uk/iaru/

 

First contact via UVSQ-Sat FM transponder

Michel Mahé F4DEY at the LATMOS Ground Station - Credit UVSQ-Sat

Michel Mahé F4DEY at the LATMOS Ground Station – Credit UVSQ-Sat

On Friday, March 5, 2021, the first contact was made via the FM transponder on the UVSQ-Sat CubeSat.

Michel Mahé F4DEY of the F6KRK Radio Club carried out the transponder test from the LATMOS ground station. The first contact was with Peter Goodhall 2M0SQL in Elgin.

After the contact Michel tweeted “Very happy to have been able to operate the Latmos station and do #F6KRKR/P validate the transponder #UVSQSat “on #space” after validation of the satellite at the Lab of #Latmos in October 2020!”

Peter tweeted “Fantastic to be QSO #1 on UVSQ-SATs FM transponder wish the @uvsqsat good luck in their commissioning and it being available more often :)”

UVSQ-Sat
http://uvsq-sat.projet.latmos.ipsl.fr/?ong=Ham-Radio
https://twitter.com/uvsqsat

Michel Mahé F4DEY https://twitter.com/F4DEY_78

Peter Goodhall 2M0SQL
https://www.2m0sql.com/
https://twitter.com/2m0sql