We, at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA – USA, are pleased to inform you that we are awaiting the launch of our Cubesat “Aeneas”. Just like the last time you helped us track “Caerus”, it will be of great assistance if you can help track the satellite beacon signal when it makes a pass over your ground station(s) and let us know about the information you receive. Below are the details you may require to track the satellite:
Launch Date August 2nd, 2012
Launch place: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V United Launch Alliance (NROL 36)
Launch Window/time : 00:00 to 01:30 PDT (midnight to 1:30 a.m PDT)
according to http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html
Communication Systems
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Call Sign : KE6YFA Center Frequency : 437.6MHz Bandwidth : 25KHz Modulation : AFSK Data rate : 1200bps Tx Power : 1 W (30dBm) Antenna : Monopole Whip - linear polarization (horizontal/Vertical depending on satellite attitude)
Beacon transmitted every 10 seconds except over USC ground station
TLE will be updated on the website http://www.isi.edu/projects/serc/aeneas_amsat_tracking as soon as possible.
Example of the raw telemetry format:
KE6YFA-1>CQ,TELEM: 4341455255531D0040020001010B0600181EFB030000001000F075007E7213004167DB45A7A407
You can also download a small java decoder software to decode the raw downlinked information from
http://www.isi.edu/projects/serc/aeneas_telemetry_data_qsl_card
Kindly request you to report the following details:
Your ground station information (Latitude, Longitude, frequency measurement equipment brand and model,
Each beacon’s received time (local time), Received frequency
We’ll be glad to hear from you with the requested information. You may email us the tracking details on
aeneas@astronautics.usc.edu with the word “pass” in the subject line.
For further updated information, reply back to this email or log on to http://www.isi.edu/projects/serc/aeneas_amsat_tracking
Thank you
Rahul
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Rahul Karkhanis, , M.S – Electrical, B.E – Elec. & Telecom
Lead RF Systems Engineer
University of Southern California
Information Science Institute
Space Engineering Research Center
4676 Admirality Way, #704
Marina Del Rey, CA – 90292
email: rahul.karkhanis@usc.edu
Phone: +1-323-515-5752
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