Tag Archives: CADRE

May 16 2016

CubeSats with Amateur Radio payloads deploy from ISS

MinXSS-1 and CADRE CubeSats deployed by Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS on May 5, 2016

MinXSS-1 and CADRE CubeSats deployed by Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS on May 5, 2016

Monday, May 16, 2016 saw the deployment of five CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads.

STM students building antenna to receive data from STMSat-1 - Credit Saint Thomas More Cathedral School

STM students building antenna to receive signal from STMSat-1 – Credit Saint Thomas More Cathedral School

UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS deployed the first two satellites MinXSS-1 and CADRE from the Japanese ISS Kibo module at 1005 UT. The Slow Scan Television (SSTV) satellite STMSat-1, built by Elementary students at Saint Thomas More Cathedral School (STM), was deployed along with the pair of NODES CubeSats built by students at Santa Clara University at 1440 UT.

STM is thought to be the first Elementary school to build their own satellite, even Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade students were involved in the project. It is designed to transmit a Robot36 SSTV signal.

UPDATE May 18: STMSat-1 Twitter feed suggests listening 437.000 MHz FM.

UPDATE May 20: STMSat-1 Twitter feed suggests listening 437.800 MHz FM.

CubeSat Frequency Chart - Credit Mike Rupprecht DK3WN

CubeSat Frequency Chart – Credit Mike Rupprecht DK3WN

IARU Coordinated Frequencies:
http://amsat.org.uk/iaru
• STMSat-1 437.800 MHz FM SSTV Robot36
• MinXSS-1 437.345 MHz 9600 bps FSK
• CADRE 437.485 MHz 9600 bps FSK and 3.404 GHz
• NODES 437.100 MHz 1200 bps AX.25 and 2401.2-2431.2 MHz 115.2 kbps spread spectrum FSK

Watch NASA video on the First Elementary School Built CubeSat

How Did 400 Grade School Students Built A Nano-Satellite?
http://jewelbots.tumblr.com/post/134465599599/how-did-400-grade-school-students-built-a

First CubeSat Built by an Elementary School Deployed into Space
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/first-cubesat-built-by-an-elementary-school-deployed-into-space

Deployment of two NODES satellites and STMSat-1

Deployment of two NODES satellites and STMSat-1

STMSat-1
https://twitter.com/STMSAT11
https://www.facebook.com/stmsat1/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/491135804399695/
http://www.stmsat-1.org/

MinXSS CubeSat http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/minxss/

CADRE CubeSat http://exploration.engin.umich.edu/blog/?page_id=961

NODES mission dashboard http://nodes.engr.scu.edu/

School SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/03/03/school-sstv-cubesat-to-deploy-from-iss/

MinXSS and CADRE CubeSats ISS Deployment
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/14/minxss-cadre-cubesats/

CADRE video – Meet an Aerospace Engineering Student: Prince Kuevor
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/04/21/cadre-cubesat-iss/

Students at Saint Thomas More Cathedral School awaiting deployment of their CubeSat STMSat-1

Students at Saint Thomas More Cathedral School awaiting deployment of their CubeSat STMSat-1

May 14 2016

MinXSS and CADRE CubeSats ISS Deployment

University of Michigan CADRE CubeSat

University of Michigan CADRE CubeSat

The MinXSS and CADRE CubeSats, both carrying amateur radio payloads, are set to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 16, 2016 between 1000-1100 UT.

MinXSS will be beaconing in the UHF at 437.345 MHz every 9 seconds and will initially be in an orbit very similar to the ISS. We’ll get the TLE identifier in JSpOC labeled ASAP. The CADRE team may send out an email with their frequency information as well. [IARU has coordinated 437.485 MHz and 3.404 GHz for CADRE]

If you hear the MinXSS beacons, we would greatly appreciate it if you’d email us (me and those cc’d) to let us know. We’re still working on beacon decode/forward software that would bring you more in the loop.

For those interested, MinXSS is a science mission to study soft x-ray spectra from the sun. We’ll also be the first to fly the very popular Blue Canyon Technologies XACT attitude determination and control system.

Thanks for your help!

James Paul Mason, PhD
Postdoctoral research associate
MinXSS grad student lead turned co-investigator
University of Colorado at Boulder
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

MinXSS CubeSat http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/minxss/

CADRE CubeSat http://exploration.engin.umich.edu/blog/?page_id=961

CADRE video – Meet an Aerospace Engineering Student: Prince Kuevor
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/04/21/cadre-cubesat-iss/

Apr 21 2016

CADRE CubeSat to deploy from ISS

University of Michigan CADRE CubeSat

University of Michigan CADRE CubeSat

Prince Kuevor who worked on the CADRE CubeSat features in a video from the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Department.

The CADRE 3U CubeSat, developed by the students at the University of Michigan, was launched to the ISS on December 6, 2015 and should be deployed from the space station soon, possibly mid-May. It carries an instrument package developed by the Naval Research Lab, WINCS, which will characterize neutral winds and ion drifts in the ionosphere/ thermosphere. The IARU lists the downlinks as 437.485 MHz and 3404.0 MHz.

What is it like to be an aerospace engineering student at the University of Michigan? Step into the life of senior Prince Kuevor, who, in addition to his coursework, writes software for CADRE, a small satellite designed by his student team. In the future, Prince hopes to become a professor and teach the next generation of aerospace engineers.

Watch Meet an Aerospace Engineering Student: Prince Kuevor

Learn more about Michigan Aerospace at
http://engin.umich.edu/aero
https://facebook.com/MichiganAerospace