The mission dashboard page has links to the page for submitting packets and decoding, as well as keps: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm It's standard AX.25, like the other sats on that launch.
-- Dave On Jan 19, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote: > I got 2 packets by the time I got everything figured out. > > Dave - KB1PVH > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X > > On Jan 19, 2011 6:24 PM, "Bob Bruninga" <bruni...@usna.edu> wrote: > > Would someone pass back to the FASTSAT and NANOSAT folks that they > should > > tell us what we are listening for? AX.25? 1200 baud, 9600 baud? > CW? What > > are we listening for? > > > > I just had an overhead pass, but by the time I went through all > their web > > pages and links, I found NOTHING useful. By the time I gave up, > and got > > back to the radio, I really missed the whole pass. > > > > Bob, Wb4APR > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb- > boun...@amsat.org] On > > Behalf Of Dave Taylor > > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:24 PM > > To: amsat > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: NanoSail-D Ejects; NASA Seeks Amateur Radio > > Operators' Aid to Listen for Beacon Signal > > > > For those interested... > > > > -- Dave, W8AAS > > > > > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> RELEASE: 11-009 > >> > >> NANOSAIL-D EJECTS; NASA SEEKS AMATUER RADIO OPERATORS' AID TO > LISTEN > >> FOR > >> BEACON SIGNAL > >> > >> HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 a.m. EST, > engineers at > >> Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that > the > >> NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific > and > >> Technology Satellite, FASTSAT. The ejection event occurred > >> spontaneously > >> and was identified this morning when engineers at the center > analyzed > >> onboard FASTSAT telemetry. The ejection of NanoSail-D also has been > >> confirmed by ground-based satellite tracking assets. > >> > >> Amateur ham operators are asked to listen for the signal to verify > >> NanoSail-D is operating. This information should be sent to the > >> NanoSail-D dashboard at: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm > . > >> The NanoSail-D beacon signal can be found at 437.270 MHz. > >> > >> The NanoSail-D science team is hopeful the nanosatellite is healthy > >> and > >> can complete its solar sail mission. After ejection, a timer within > >> NanoSail-D begins a three-day countdown as the satellite orbits the > >> Earth. Once the timer reaches zero, four booms will quickly > deploy and > >> the NanoSail-D sail will start to unfold to a 100-square-foot > polymer > >> sail. Within five seconds the sail fully unfurls. > >> > >> "This is great news for our team. We're anxious to hear the beacon > >> which > >> tells us that NanoSail-D is healthy and operating as planned," said > >> Dean > >> Alhorn, NanoSail-D principal investigator and aerospace engineer at > >> the > >> Marshall Center. "The science team is hopeful to see that > NanoSail-D > >> is > >> operational and will be able to unfurl its solar sail." > >> > >> On Dec. 6,, 2010, NASA triggered the planned ejection of NanoSail-D > >> from > >> FASTSAT. At that time, the team confirmed that the door > successfully > >> opened and data indicated a successful ejection. Upon further > >> analysis, > >> no evidence of NanoSail-D was identified in low-Earth orbit, > leading > >> the > >> team to believe NanoSail-D remained inside FASTSAT. > >> > >> The FASTSAT mission has continued to operate as planned with the > five > >> other scientific experiments operating nominally. > >> > >> "We knew that the door opened and it was possible that NanoSail-D > >> could > >> eject on its own," said Mark Boudreaux, FASTSAT project manager > at the > >> Marshall Center. "What a pleasant surprise this morning when our > >> flight > >> operations team confirmed that NanoSail-D is now a free flyer." > >> If the deployment is successful, NanoSail-D will stay in low-Earth > >> orbit > >> between 70 and 120 days, depending on atmospheric conditions. > >> NanoSail-D > >> is designed to demonstrate deployment of a compact solar sail boom > >> system that could lead to further development of this alternative > >> solar > >> sail propulsion technology and FASTSAT's ability to eject a > >> nano-satellite from a micro-satellite - while avoiding re-contact > with > >> the FASTSAT satellite bus. > >> > >> Follow the NanoSail-D mission operation on Twitter at: > >> http://twitter.com/nanosaild > >> > >> For additional information on the timeline of the NanoSail-D > >> deployment > >> visit: > >> http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/501204main_NSD2_timeline_sequence.pdf > >> > >> To learn more about FASTSAT and the NanoSail-D missions visit: > >> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats > >> > >> -end- > >> > >> News release > >> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2011/11-009.html > >> > >> > >> For releases sent directly to you, contact: > betty.humph...@nasa.gov. > >> > >> Marshall Space Flight Center > >> Public Affairs Department > >> 256-544-0034 > >> 256-544-5852 (fax) > >> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news > >> > >> Follow Marshall news and interact with the NASA Marshall > community on > >> Facebook, Twitter and Flickr: > >> > >> http://www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter > >> http://twitter.com/NASA_Marshall > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/sets > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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