CAPE-3 NORAD Cat ID 47309 Decayed from orbit on or about 17 February 2024

1:Fm W5UL-11 To KF5BNL-7 Via WIDE2-2 [13:40:37R] [+++]
*EMAIL cape.cubesats@gmail.com 3916, 3636, 3636, 221, 0, 0, 7, 5, 5, 3948, 97, 10, 8, 1, 2, 14, 20

Hi Mike,
Check this out! Your station igated a packet from CAPE-3 and got an email sent to us.
Thanks,
Rizwan Merchant

From:
Date: Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 10:15 AM
Subject: An APRS Email Arrived for you from W5UL-11!
To:

3896, 3840, 3848, 269, 0, 0, 14, 12, 13, 3952, 101, 17, 17, 1, 4, 8, 0

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Date: 2021-02-15 16:15:44.554861
From: W5UL-11
To: cape.cubesats@gmail.com
IGATE: DK3WN-1
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I am sure that the noise dips within the beacons indicate a higher spin rate. Unfortunately, there is no sensor value that can directly confirm this.

combined 1k2 FSK and AFSK beacons

it seems that the spin rate of CAPE-3 has increased dramatically. Decoding the “long” 1k2 packets becomes more and more difficult since there is a noise dip in almost every packet.

including 1k2 FSK and 1k2 AFSK telemetry beacons

decoding 1k2 AFSK (soundmodem UZ7HO) – forward packets to SatNOGS DB (GetKISS+) and iGATE APRS packets (UI-View32)
controlling my antenna and FT-736R, IF -> SDR-IQ (SatControl)
decoding 1k2 FSK and 9k6 FSK (soundmodem UZ7HO)

1:Fm W5UL-11 To KF5BNL-7 Via WIDE2-2 [01:20:03R] [+++]
*EMAIL cape.cubesats@gmail.com 3808, 3844, 3848, -110, 0, 0, 9, 10, 9, 3780, 108, 15, 11, 1, 2, 2, 40
1:Fm W5UL-11 To KF5BNL-7 Via WIDE2-2 [04:40:06R] [+++]
*EMAIL cape.cubesats@gmail.com 3788, 3844, 3848, -41, 0, 0, 7, 8, 7, 3768, 104, 12, 8, 1, 2, 6, 0
1:Fm W5UL-11 To KF5BNL-7 Via WIDE2-2 [06:20:05R] [+++]
*EMAIL cape.cubesats@gmail.com 3880, 3844, 3848, 314, 0, 0, 6, 7, 6, 3932, 103, 11, 7, 1, 2, 7, 40

It’s awesome to see the APRS is working. This beacon carries minimal information and is intended to be caught by an APRS igate which can then be emailed to the designated address. These beacons occur every 1.5 hours and carry the following information.

CAPE 3 APRS Beacon Format

*EMAIL cape.cubsats@gmail.com
Battery_1_Voltage,
Battery_2_Voltage,
Battery_3_Voltage,
Battery_1_Current,
Battery_2_Current,
Battery_3_Current,
Battery_1_Temp,
Battery_2_Temp,
Battery_3_Temp,
Unregulated_Bus_Voltage,
Unregulated_Bus_Temp,
Radio_Temp,
CDH_Temp,
Month,
Date,
Hour,
Minute

The date isn’t correct since we haven’t updated the clock on the sat, however it does indicate an up-time of over a day since last reset.