06:40 UTC FM data transmission, RS-22 seems to be spin very fast (lost of stabilisation?)
rapid changes of field strength
06:40 UTC FM data transmission, RS-22 seems to be spin very fast (lost of stabilisation?)
rapid changes of field strength
18:58 UTC nothing heard
20:35 UTC nothing heard from both satellites :-(
21:20 UTC nothing heard from RS-22
20:05 UTC no signals heard
18:44 UTC no CW beacon, only a short FM data transmission (608 bit frame length)
RS-22 seems to tumbling fast. There is an strong noise dip every 3 seconds followed by a second one after 1 second.to
Jim, AC4AV: I have not heard CW telemetry from RS-22 for over a week or so.
A couple days ago, I did hear some interesting audio, but caught the last few seconds before LOS.
audio spectrum
RS-22 is sending short bursts of telemetry every 5 seconds on 435.352 MHz (FM)
This morning I could hear heavy downlink traffic. This data transmission system is called DOKA.
The DOKA modulation is PM with Manchester-encoded data on sidebands.
It uses 4800Bd data, one block contains 256 frames with sync wsequence and frame counter. The length of a RS-22 frame is 608 bit (76 byte).
DOKA telemetry block in a hexdump view
22:47 UTC
UBS 138 IBS 20 USUN 0 ISUN 0 ITXA 0 ITXB 0 TTXA 114 TTXB 112 TNAP 112 TCTR 114 TSBA 115 TSBB 139 MODB 129 MODC 6 MTX 131 MRX 32 OnBoard Voltage: 13.8 V OnBoard Current: 200 mA Charge Voltage from Solar Batterie: 0 V Charge current from solar battery 0 mA D.C. current of the 435 MHz TX: 0 mA D.C. current of the 145 MHz TX: 0 mA Temperature of the 435 MHz TX: 14 °C Temperature of the 145 MHz TX: 12 °C Temperature of the Navigation Unit: 12 °C Temperature of the Controller: 14 °C Temperature of the inner case: 15 Temperature of the outer case: 39 Housekeeping info: 129 Housekeeping info: 6 Housekeeping info: 131 Housekeeping info: 32
20:34 UTC
UBS 136 IBS 20 USUN 0 ISUN 0 ITXA 0 ITXB 0 TTXA 117 TTXB 115 TNAP 115 TCTR 116 TSBA 115 TSBB 104 MODB 129 MODC 6 MTX 35 MRX 34 OnBoard Voltage: 13.6 V OnBoard Current: 200 mA Charge Voltage from Solar Batterie: 0 V Charge current from solar battery 0 mA D.C. current of the 435 MHz TX: 0 mA D.C. current of the 145 MHz TX: 0 mA Temperature of the 435 MHz TX: 17 °C Temperature of the 145 MHz TX: 15 °C Temperature of the Navigation Unit: 15 °C Temperature of the Controller: 16 °C Temperature of the inner case: 15 Temperature of the outer case: 4 Housekeeping info: 129 Housekeeping info: 6 Housekeeping info: 35 Housekeeping info: 34
21:36 UTC
very stable signal