Hi Dave! Thanks. I didn't check the AMSAT kep repository so I just asked out loud. I take it this object was launched from Alaska from the looks of the inclination.
Thanks again! 73, Jeff WB3JFS ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Webb KB1PVH To: Jeff Yanko Cc: amsat ; Dave Taylor Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosail-D (what are we listening for???) NANOSAILD 1 90027U 0 11019.40613897 +.00003325 +00000-0 +47680-3 0 00013 2 90027 071.9739 007.2360 0021785 203.3337 159.2085 14.77038910000019 Not sure if they copied correctly on my phone. Dave- KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jan 19, 2011 7:33 PM, "Jeff Yanko" <wb3...@cox.net> wrote: > Keps for this object? > > > 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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