TISAT-1 launch

The launcher carrying StudSat will also carry another Amateur Radio satellite TISAT-1 built by Swiss students and carrying a 437.305 MHz beacon.

Daniel VA3KKZ has provided the following information:

As I mentioned back in April, the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) has arranged for the launch of two satellites as part of the Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 (NLS-6) cluster payload on the PSLV-C15 from the Indian Space Research Organization. Two satellites are part of NLS-6:
AISSat-1 and TIsat-1.

The launch countdown for PSLV-C15 has begun, and it is on track to launch on July 12, 2010 at 03:52:00 UTC. The window is -0/+10 min, i.e. from 03:52:00 to 04:02:00 UTC.

AISSat-1 is built by SFL for the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), and it is intended to demonstrate a new maritime AIS receiver that has been developed by FFI.

TIsat-1 is a 1 kg CubeSat built by students and staff at University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). TIsat-1 uses amateur radio frequencies and has CW and data beacons. Details and frequencies can be found at
http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html

We will have an IRC discussion channel during launch and the early operations phase.

Server: utias-sfl.net
Port: 6667 (default)
Channel: #nls6-discussion

The predicted TLE for TIsat-1 is as follows:
TIsat-1

1 99998U 10034Y 10193.17708333 .00002592 00000-0 35304-3 0 00007

2 99998 098.1177 252.3288 0008033 272.0048 315.2117 14.78702228001648

Its beacon and downlink operate at 437.305 MHz. The full details for modes and scheduling can be found at
http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html then click on the "Communications" link in the side menu.

ISRO has posted a couple of photos of the vehicle:
http://www.isro.org/pslv-c15/Imagegallery/
launchvehicle.aspx

The NLS-6 blog is at
http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6

73,

Daniel, VA3KKZ

Amateur radio satellites to launch on PSLV-C15
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/
may_satellite_launch.htm

TIsat-1 Information
http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/

SUPSI Radio Club
http://tinyurl.com/SUPSIclub

TIsat-1 on IARU Frequency Coordination pages
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=118

AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium,
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http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/

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