ALMASat-1 no signals anymore e-St@r never received Goliat never received MaSat-1 active PW-Sat sporadic active Robusta never received UniCubeSat never received Xatcobeo active
Category: ALMASat-1
VEGA Cubesat status report
20:00 UTC
ALMASat-1 received and decoded until ~ 1300 UTC - see note below e-St@r not received Goliath not received MaSat-1 received and decoded PW-Sat received and decoded Robusta not received UniCubeSat not received Xatcobeo received and decoded
Since my 1350 UTC pass I can’t decode the signal of ALMASat-1 anymore. There is a kind of flutter, a very short intermitted signal – so no success with decoding of the beacons in all further passes.
behavior of VEGA cubesats illumination
At the moment we are in an eclipse-free periode (ending on Feb 20). In the mid of March we will see a bad illumination of all cubesats.
ALMASat-1 over Japan
07:02 UTC decoded by WAV Thanks Sekine san ,JH1BCL
2012-02-14 08:21:43.520 UTC: [126 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)]
ctrl: 19 PID: F0 {UI!} 107 Payload Bytes
from ALMSAT to IW4DUL:
1 > CC 11 FF 00 00 65 22 13 33 E9 6C 73 00 81 22 00 11 DC 00 22
21 > 4F 00 00 09 0D 90 04 25 B0 02 00 E0 19 02 30 2F 03 90 00 14
41 > 30 60 05 80 51 04 DA 71 00 0F FF 20 4A 92 00 0A 70 A5 6A A4
61 > A6 80 00 A6 6A 67 A6 6A 6F 17 30 00 A4 41 59 A4 01 3B A3 B4
81 > 18 A9 B9 F8 FE 91 F7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
101 > 00 00 82 A8 00 00 03
VEGA cubesat status report
18:00 UTC 4th orbit
ALMASat-1 received and decoded e-St@r not received Goliath not received MaSat-1 received and decoded PW-Sat received and decoded Robusta not received UniCubeSat not received Xatcobeo received and decoded
ALMAsat-1 Packet
15:55 UTC
ORBIT # 4
ALMAsat-1 Packet Rx – Raw data
first ALMASat-1 packet decoded
12:11 UTC 1k2 AFSK FM, beacon every 2 min
2012-02-13 12:11:16.280 UTC: [128 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)]
ctrl: 19 PID: F0 {UI!} 108 Payload Bytes
from ALMSAT to IW4DUL:
1 > CC 00 FF 00 00 65 21 C3 38 E9 5C 75 00 71 2F 00 21 D7 00 12
21 > 4C 00 00 08 0D DB DC 05 26 A0 01 01 10 23 03 50 3E 04 60 00
41 > 14 E0 71 06 D0 68 06 19 BF 00 0F FF 22 09 C1 00 09 B3 98 F9
61 > E7 99 40 00 98 B9 91 99 79 CB 15 80 00 98 61 19 99 51 10 98
81 > 84 23 9D 89 B4 FE C2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
101 > 00 00 00 82 A8 00 00 03
13:54 UTC
2012-02-13 13:54:21.440 UTC: [126 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)]
ctrl: 19 PID: F0 {UI!} 107 Payload Bytes
from ALMSAT to IW4DUL:
1 > CC 00 FF 00 00 65 21 B3 38 E9 8C 74 00 81 28 00 11 D9 00 12
21 > 51 00 00 09 0D 90 05 26 40 02 01 00 1F 02 90 35 03 D0 00 18
41 > D0 42 04 70 48 04 8A 12 00 0F FF 20 BA 12 00 09 F9 9D 8A 31
61 > 9D B0 00 9E 09 E7 9E 9A 0A 11 00 00 9D 71 56 9D 71 33 9C E4
81 > 1C A5 69 B1 FE D1 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
101 > 00 00 82 A8 00 00 03
VEGA launch great success
10:00 UTC lift-off
11:12 UTC all seven cubesats and ALMASat-1 are successfully deployed
12:09 UTC my first low elevation pass (only 3 deg)
MaSat-1, Xatcobeo and ALMASat-1 heard and decoded
