The amateur radio CubeSat Masat-1, 437.345 MHz, is planned to launch on Vega, February 9, from the ESA launch site at Kourou in the Caribbean
This HD clip shows how Masat-1 is going to orbit around Earth. You can see the satellite establishing contact with the primary ground station at BME, joined by the radio amateurs in Europe and all over the World.
The radio contact is possible only if the satellite is above the horizon at the given location. This is symbolized with thin green lines between the satellite and the ground stations, represented by coloured dots on the globe.
Everybody is welcome to join in recieving the satellite using the ground station software freely downloadable from the Masat-1 website http://cubesat.bme.hu/?lang=en
Watch Masat-1 Elliptical Orbit and Pass over European Ground Stations
The Masat-1 Ground Station Client Software was prepared to process the 437.345 MHz GFSK 625/1250 bps transmission received from the satellite Masat-1. The software provides the following functions:
- Audio demodulation
- Packet decoding
- Packet data visualization
- Frequency waterfall plot to aid radio tuning
