On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) <cm2...@frcuba.co.cu> wrote: > Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite > > Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters..... > > While I was monitoring the 136-138 satellite sub-band a couple of months ago > > with a RTL2832U based cheap SDR dongle I founded weird doppler shifted > signals not matching any known transmitting satellite. After reporting it on > > the HearSat mailing list and posterior confirmation from Mike Kenny in > Australia the best match was Canadian old satellite Allouete-2 launched in > 1965.
I found a tracking URL for it: http://n2yo.com/satellite/?s=25058 Apparently it re-entered on 1999-12-15 and NASA has nothing on it: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1965-098L Alouette-1, on the other hand, is still in orbit: http://n2yo.com/satellite/?s=424 and here's what NASA has on it: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1962-049A Now you've got me interested..... 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
