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Jeff WB3JFS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Taylor" <dave.w8...@verizon.net> To: "amsat" <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:01 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???) > 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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