01:00 UTC Fifth Deployment
08:30 UTC Seventh Deployment
Category: Launches
ISS NRCSD#11 Cubesat Deployment
01:40 UTC Third Deployment
ISS NRCSD#11 Cubesat Deployment
08:25 UTC First Deployment
CZ-2D launch objects
OBJECT-A 1 41907U 16083A 16363.24809891 -.00000705 22256-5 00000+0 0 9993 2 41907 97.5819 74.7012 0229687 7.1141 353.3224 15.66601177 03 OBJECT-B 1 41908U 16083B 16363.31197477 -.00000707 22324-5 00000+0 0 9990 2 41908 97.5937 74.7779 0231002 6.9410 353.4900 15.66609324 21 OBJECT-C 1 41909U 16083C 16363.31196162 -.00000706 22293-5 00000+0 0 9995 2 41909 97.5867 74.7738 0231117 6.8479 353.5843 15.66705335 15 OBJECT-D 1 41910U 16083D 16363.31200076 -.00000706 22286-5 00000+0 0 9999 2 41910 97.5892 74.7819 0228103 6.8032 353.5979 15.66244022 01
…next round of cubesat deployments begins on ISS
A new set of cubesats will be released tomorrow, December 19th, 2016.
For the deployment, the Japanese robotic arm moves the deployer to a specific position to ensure the satellites depart on a safe trajectory with no risk of re-contact with ISS on any subsequent orbits after which drag will have separated ISS and the much smaller CubeSats.
Here is a list of the CubeSats on Japan’s payload manifest, with descriptions offered by JAXA :
AOBA-Velox 3 – from the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan and the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, will evaluate the performance of a pulsed plasma thruster
TuPOD – from the Italian company GAUSS, will attempt deployment of two daughter nanosatellites from Brazilian and U.S. builders
ITF-2 – from the University of Tsukuba, will connect amateur radio users
STARS-C – from Shizuoka University, will attempt to extend a tether between two 1U CubeSats
WASEDA-SAT 3 – from Waseda University, will also deploy a “film-type” de-orbiting device and project an image onto the film surface using a micro-miniature projector
TLE lottery – PSLV C37 launch
OBJECT A 1 41599U 16040A 16176.19610510 .00002097 00000-0 10420-3 0 9991 2 41599 97.5053 235.3405 0013237 235.2734 214.0381 15.18716499 306 OBJECT B 1 41600U 16040B 16176.19302075 .00002397 00000-0 11770-3 0 9990 2 41600 97.5113 235.3445 0012301 239.1727 195.3662 15.19004140 303 OBJECT C 1 41601U 16040C 16176.12867066 .00000157 00000-0 10696-4 0 9999 2 41601 97.5086 235.2773 0011224 245.5097 200.0881 15.19388139 298 OBJECT D 1 41602U 16040D 16176.19000249 .00002004 00000-0 96280-4 0 9995 2 41602 97.5044 235.3371 0008278 247.8909 177.2442 15.19984889 304 OBJECT E 1 41603U 16040E 16176.19605116 .00003010 00000-0 14673-3 0 9993 2 41603 97.5103 235.3464 0012036 241.7725 209.6393 15.19048202 305 OBJECT F 1 41604U 16040F 16176.19605215 .00002046 00000-0 10066-3 0 9994 2 41604 97.5091 235.3458 0012119 239.2079 212.5737 15.19096218 306 OBJECT G 1 41605U 16040G 16176.19574058 .00002158 00000-0 10532-3 0 9997 2 41605 97.5088 235.3466 0011401 243.9673 207.8194 15.19331521 300 OBJECT H 1 41606U 16040H 16176.19234883 .00008328 00000-0 39447-3 0 9998 2 41606 97.5029 235.3338 0009877 246.0197 188.6268 15.19538771 295
PSLV launch – Athenoxat-1
Launch on 16 Dec 2015, 12:30 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Shriharikota
A PSLV C-29 will launch six satellites from Singapore into a 550 km circular orbit inclined at 15 degrees to the equator.
TeLEOS-1 is the primary satellite and the other five satellites Kent Ridge-1, VELOX-C1, VELOX-II, Gallassia and Athanoxat-1 are co-passenger satellites.
Athenoxat-1, a 3U Cubesat has a CW beacon transmitting on 437.485 Mhz
Athenoxat-1 seperation from PSLV at 12:51:02 UTC and would starting sending CW message 30 minutes after separation
CW message will be “ATX1” on 437.485 MHz every 1 minute and also with an indication of battery voltage.
Reception reports are welcome and could be sent to giulio.manzoni@micro-space.org
DeorbitSail successfully separated
16:28 UTC PSLV-C28 lift-off
16:47 UTC DeorbitSail separation
DeorbitSail 1 55554U 58056A 15191.72639786 .00000000 00000-0 +13075-4 0 332 2 55554 97.9690 81.0821 0015989 246.2790 113.6925 14.74238042209540
TLE lottery has been started …
OBJECT B 1 40377U 15003B 15032.23998870 -.00000111 00000-0 00000+0 0 47 2 40377 099.1229 040.8394 0160422 338.5296 020.9352 15.04145247 97 OBJECT C 1 40378U 15003C 15032.23997153 -.00000113 00000-0 00000+0 0 43 2 40378 099.1283 040.8489 0167282 337.6984 021.7000 15.04199923 97 OBJECT D 1 40379U 15003D 15032.24001357 -.00000113 00000-0 00000+0 0 47 2 40379 099.1258 040.8456 0166294 338.7028 020.7326 15.04106125 99 OBJECT E 1 40380U 15003E 15032.17351219 -.00000113 00000-0 00000+0 0 46 2 40380 099.1346 040.7708 0166270 338.5236 020.9052 15.04039583 81
ELaNa-X TLE update
The Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, satellite on a mission to measure and map the Earth’s soil moisture distribution and freeze/thaw state with unprecedented accuracy. Liftoff was at 14:22 UTC.
secondary payload: ELaNa-X (3 POD)
Firebird-II FU3 437.405 MHz 19k2 FSK Firebird-II FU4 437.230 MHz 19k2 FSK GRIFEX 437.485 MHz 9k6 FSK Exocube (CP-10) 437.270 MHz 9k6 FSK
predicted TLE
FIREBIRD-2 1 99991U 15031.59770833 -.00004251 00000-0 -23226-3 0 00004 2 99991 099.0993 037.3071 0163133 342.7168 145.9497 15.03560207000016 GRIFEX 1 99992U 15031.59770833 -.00004273 00000-0 -23822-3 0 00001 2 99992 099.0990 037.3077 0161465 342.2732 146.5309 15.03090041000011 EXOCUBE 1 99993U 00000 15031.59770833 -.00004217 00000-0 -23542-3 0 00009 2 99993 099.0988 037.3072 0161497 341.7791 147.0546 15.03038398000014