[K4RY] AubieSat-1 Launch!

[Kyle Owen]

Hi Don,

If you have Ham Radio Deluxe, it's possible to input the Keplerian elements. Here they are:
AubieSat-1
1 99994U 00000    11301.47661542 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0  0004
2 99994 101.6484 233.3593 0253027 295.2632 199.6027 14.79026571000008

These won't be entirely accurate until NORAD tracks the satellites with radar, but it should be fairly close. 

Judging from your QTH, I'd say the times are going to be similar to Auburn, probably within 10 to 15 minutes. I'm not exactly sure which way the satellite is moving, so this information may not be of much help. 

Just for clarification, this satellite uses interrupted continuous wave, so the only thing you may hear on an FM HT is a little quieting when the transmitter is keyed. The ground station at Allison Labs uses an Icom 910h with Ham Radio Deluxe, a Yaesu G-5500 rotor, and a circularly polarized Yagi. 

Good luck! Please let me know if you hear anything! You will probably hear something like "HI HI DE KI4NQO AUBIESAT 1 VB 3R76 SK", where 3R76 is the battery voltage, in this case, 3.76V. 

Kyle
KK4ANG

On Oct 27, 2011, at 11:09 AM, "Donald Huey" <dhuey at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Kyle,
> How would I go about finding flyby times for Alabaster, just south of B'ham?
> Thanks,
> 73,
> Don
> KA4NDY
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Owen" <antiquekid3 at gmail.com>
> To: <K4RY at eng.auburn.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:46 AM
> Subject: [K4RY] AubieSat-1 Launch!
> 
> 
>> Hi all!
>> 
>> Just a reminder: AubieSat-1 is launching tomorrow, early in the morning. The launch window is currently 4:48am to 4:57am tomorrow morning. Tune in online to NASA TV to watch the launch!
>> 
>> AubieSat-1 will be over Auburn, according to the Keplerian elements, around 12:27pm and 2:02pm tomorrow, and 1:54am on the 29th.
>> 
>> The downlink frequency is 437.475 MHz CW, so listen out for it if you can!
>> 
>> Kyle
>> KK4ANG
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