Hey Helpful Operators! We’ve released a new client with a few necessary updates and bugfixes. We have added solar panel temperatures and currents, fixed a bug where we weren’t able to identify the associated ground station with incoming beacons, and re-enabled the ability to upload the local backup data files. Grab the new client at Continue Reading »
MCubed-2 Telemetry
Mark Hammond from North Carolina has successfully decoded the MCubed-2 beacons! The spacecraft’s telemetry indicates that all systems are currently nominal. We’d like to thank all of the HAM operators who are currently helping us decode beacons!
MCubed-2 Beacons
We have confirmed that the beacons we heard were indeed from MCubed-2! The overlay on the waterfall plot shows the Doppler shift that occurs as the satellite passes overhead. The center frequency is exactly 437.485 MHz, which is MCubed-2’s transmission frequency.
First Contact!
At 6:52 a.m., MCubed-2 made it’s first pass over Ann Arbor and we heard her beacons with the high-gain Yagi antenna! The ground station also picked up a satellite transmitting around 437.355 MHz. We will continue to track the GEMSat CubeSats and decode the beacons during upcoming passes!
The updated TLEs for the CubeSats are Continue Reading »
LIFTOFF OF MCUBED-2!
LIFTOFF of MCubed-2 aboard ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket!! The beautiful launch occurred precisely at 2:14:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The CubeSats are scheduled to deploy at 5:35, and we expect the first pass over Ann Arbor to occur at 6:50! Stay tuned for updates about the spacecraft’s status as we receive beacons.
