NASA’s first Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) is set to launch on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011.
Aboard the launch vehicle are three CubeSats from US Universities.
If you would like to help the three universities track their spacecraft, please forward the collected data to the locations on the bottom of the page.
The relevant tracking information is listed below. TLE’s will be posted soon, so keep checking this page for updates.
Also, don’t forget to hop on the CubeSat IRC channel to collaborate with the other operators.
Preliminary TLE’s:
1 99999U 00000 11054.43259919 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00000
2 99999 97.9617 359.5707 0010515 43.3477 137.2713 14.80191803 00
University of Colorado at Boulder:
Satellite name: Hermes
Downlink Freq: 437.425 MHz
Modulation Scheme: AFSK/FM
Baud Rate: 1200
Beacon type and period: AX.25 packet every 5 seconds
University of Kentucky:
Satellite name: KySat-1
Downlink Freq: 436.790 MHz
Modulation Scheme: CW – AFSK/FM
Baud Rate: 32 wpm – 1200
Beacon type and period: Morse code every 5 min – AX.25 packet every 2.5 min
Montana State University:
Satellite name: Explorer-1[PRIME]
Downlink Freq: 437.505 MHz
Modulation Scheme: Non-Coherent FSK/LSB
Baud Rate: 1200
Beacon type and period: AX.25 packet every 15 seconds
Data Forwarding Info:
Colorado – COSGC-CO3Sat@googlegroups.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Subject: “Hermes Pass Data”)
Kentucky – ssl@engr.uky.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Subject: “KySat Pass Data”)
Montana – http://www.ssel.montana.edu/e1p (click on the Data Submission Tab)