SPROUT – ny satellit med SSTV uppe

Ny har vi fått en ny satellit med lite intressant amatörradio ombord. SPROUT har bla. SSTV, CW-beacon och FM digitalker ombord. CW-beacon är mottagen av DK3wn.

Jag har själv inte hunnit lyssna ännu. Mera info:

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SPROUT microsatellite launched with SSTV and digitalker

SPROUT is a 7.1 kg microsatellite launched on the JAXA ALOS-2 mission
on May 24th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan to a 654km sun
synchronous orbit.

This satellite is a project of Nihon University and includes some interesting
amateur radio payloads and experiments, including CW telemetry, an FM
digipeater, digitalker and message box, and live and preloaded SSTV pictures!
Nihon University enjoyed previous success with SEEDS-II, aka CO-66.

SPROUT Preliminary TLE
1 00000U 14001A   14144.15426352  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 10
2 00000 097.8740 241.6133 0035980 058.6810 194.6458 14.85960816 15

Callsign: JQ1ZJQ
Size:     214x210x220 mm
Weight:   7.1 kg
Mode: 1200bps AFSK, 9600bps GMSK
CW downlink          437.525 MHz
FM packet downlink   437.525 MHz
Digi-peater uplink   437.600 MHz
Digi-talker downlink 437.600 MHz
SSTV downlink        437.600 MHz

Telemetry software can be found at
http://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e/2-Software-e.html

[ANS thanks Mineo, JE9PEL, for the above information]