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APRS satellite launch March 11A sounding rocket with an amateur radio ADAMASat satellite operating on 144.390 MHz APRS, will rise to 100 miles or so for an 8-minute mission. Free software is available to capture the telemetry. The satellite will be launched from the Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia and it is understood that it will travel out to the mid-Atlantic but a precise flight path is not available at the time of writing. ADAMASat will use the Amateur Radio Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) to send the telemetry and it should be receivable on a standard 2m FM radio. An Amateur Radio AX.25 1200 baud packet TNC is needed to demodulate the signal. Software TNC's are available on the web, see below. Bob Bruninga WB4APR provided this information on the AMSAT-BB: The rocket (I think) is the Hall 12.067. The payload is called SOCEM/ADAMASat. There is a computer program and GUI to interface to your PC so you can grab the telemetry live. It is on: http://ssl.engr.uky.edu/adamasat_free_gui.exe It's a one shot deal, so I'm gonna have a backup TNC and HYPERTERM collecting everything. ADAMASat is the Antenna Deployment and Mono-filament Actuator Satellite. It's a 2U CubeSat designed by Kentucky Space as part of SOCEM, the Sub-Orbital CubeSat Experimental Mission. ADAMASat, which is scheduled to launch on Hall 12.067 out of Wallops Flight Facility on 11 March, will fly in space for roughly 8 minutes performing an engineering experiment and transmitting data down to Earth via APRS packets.
More information on ADAMASat is available at Kentucky Space is hereby releasing to the AMSAT-NA community the ADAMASat FREE GUI, a free 32-bit Windows binary for amateur radio operators in the Eastern United States who are interested in tracking ADAMASat on its launch day. The GUI is a standalone application and upon opening it on his/her computer, the HAM will be greeted with a popup window which explains the steps required to track the payload. All that is needed is a Windows machine, a radio and TNC which can receive on 144.390 MHz, a serial or USB cable, and a suitable location. The GUI parses the APRS packets as they are received, graphing temperatures on-board the payload and reporting status of the mission in real-time. Disclaimer: Kentucky Space provides the GUI "as is" without warranties of any kind, and shall not incur any liability for any damages connected to the use of the GUI. AGWPE Sound Card AX.25 Packet Software TNC Sound Card Packet Guide by Ralph Milnes KC2RLM ADAMASat Twitter ADAMASat
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