Orbital Parameters (TLE)

Sunday, July 11, 2010

The predicted TLE for TIsat-1 is:

Pre-launch TLE 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

TLE updated on 27.08.2010

CARTOSAT 2B
1 36795U 10035A 10239.44210400 .00000072 00000-0 17109-4 0 1600
2 36795 098.0018 298.6743 0020474 141.4201 218.8476 14.78513423 6849
STUDSAT
1 36796U 10035B 10239.52151422 .00000137 00000-0 25458-4 0 807
2 36796 098.1435 299.3083 0015868 134.3158 225.9362 14.79765081 6867
ALSAT 2A
1 36798U 10035D 10239.48554069 .00000088 00000-0 24815-4 0 1697
2 36798 098.2273 298.8133 0001121 095.9389 264.1951 14.66290814 6801
TISAT 1
1 36799U 10035E 10239.44201255 .00000256 00000-0 40899-4 0 674
2 36799 098.1431 299.2541 0016186 141.4635 218.7738 14.80150562 6857
PSLV R/B
1 36800U 10035F 10238.69995447 +.00000814 +00000-0 +97704-4 0 00493
2 36800 098.0841 298.5289 0025269 235.0090 124.8642 14.86699329006779

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Mission news

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Decoding table for TIsat-1 early beacon messages

During the early days of TIsat-1 mission, during the day the beacon continuously sends the message "HI HI HI TISAT" followed by a Morse character indicating the temperature of the transmitter. The beacon is turned off during eclipse to avoid stress of the batteries. This message is repeated each 15s and is encoded with 17 WPM. The radio used as beacon has been completely developped at SUPSI with the help of local HAMs. The encoding of the temperature is reported in the next table.

Morse Character
F
 B 
 K 
R
H
N
T
E
I
S
A
D
M
U
5
L
Temperature (Celsius)
-10
-5
0
+5
+10
+15
+20
+25
+30
+35
+40
+45
+50
+55
+60
+65
Please report the received values, quality of signal, time and location. A Web application to help conversion and upload these information is available.

TIsat-1 Beacon Reception Confirmed

13.07.2010. Incoming confirmation of contact with TIsat-1's beacon around the world (Brazil, India, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK, USA, ...). Thanks a lot to HAMs!

TIsat-1 Antennas Deployed - Beacon Operating

12.07.2010 18:14 UTC. The first part of the mission has been accomplished succesfully. TIsat-1's beacon is fully operational and was clearly received by several HAMs around the world.

TiSat Demodulator

5:10 UTC: version 1.4 beta of demodualtor software has been released. Register to the forum to join the TIsat-1 ground team and start collecting data.

TIsat-1 in orbit

4:10 UTC: TIsat-1 deployement has been completed. The satellite is now injected to its orbit. It will perform startup operations and antennas deployment. At 4:40 UTC it should start full rate transmission.

Launch Status

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Launched successfully on 12 Jul at 03:52 -0/+10 min UTC.

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