Sounds from Space

 

Sounds from Amateur Radio Satellites 1996-2005

 

This section is dedicated to satellites built and operated by Radio Amateurs. Satellites built by AMSAT organizations around the world and were called AMSAT-OSCAR. Those built by Russian Hams and were mostly called Radiosputnik. In order to build and launch the satellites AMSAT needs members and friends to contribute and raise funds. If you are not yet a member of AMSAT please consider to join us and to support the activities. You can find several links to AMSAT on my links page.

My special thanks to Roy W0SL, Jim N4ST, Don KD4APP, Darrel AA7FV, Jim N5JDB, Clive G3CWV, Mike DK3WN, Reinhard DJ1KM +, Michael DG1CMZ, Oliver DG6BCE, Peter DF2JB, Volker DF7IT, Jean-Louis F6AGR, Thomas HB9SKA, Christoph HB9HAL, Claudio IK1SLD, Andreas OE1DMB, Michael PA3BHF, Henk PA3GUO, Darek SP9TTX, Ricardo PY3VHQ, Keith ZS6TW, Don N4UJW, Vladimir RA3DQT, Paulo CT1ETE, John KD2BD, Harald DH8HHA, Maik Hermenau, Ian ZL1AOX, Gerd DL8DR, Michael OH2AUE, Robert G8ATE, Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ, Mark KF6KYI, Al W8KHP, Drew KO4MA, Rolf DK2ZF, Dave WB6LLO, Graham G3VZV, Joe K0VTY, Nils von Storch, Zeljko 9A2EY, Pierre ZS6BB, Bent OZ6BL, Mariano CT1XI, Al GM1SXX, Luc LU1FAM, Matt SQ7DQX, Lance K6GSJ, Chris VK3AML, Bob VE6BLD, Sergej RV3DR, Alex VK5ALX, Rudolf ZS6FX, Dick Daniels W4PUJ/SK , Bob Patterson K5DZE, Jean-Louis Rault F6AGR, Ivano Bonesana, Patrick Hajagos, Luc Leblanc VE2DWE, Mike N1JEZ, John K6YK, Tetsu-san JA0CAW, Marco Bauer, Carl Lindberg SM6NZV, Philip G0ISW, Kuge-san JE1CVL, Pat AA6EG, John M0UKD, Paul Marsh M0EYT, Federico Manzini, Jan PE0SAT, Domenico I8CVS +, Roland Zurmely PY4ZBZ, Rob Hardenberg PE1ITR, Michael Kirkhart KD8QBA, Davide D'Aliesio IW0HLG, Francisco EA7ADI, Kubota-san, Noguchi-san JA5BLZ, Kuge-san JE1CVL, Luciano PY5LF, Wakita-san JE9PEL, Peter ON4EZJ, Enrico IW2AGJ, Jean-Pierre F5YG, Remco PA3FYM, Dave G0CER, Jose Maria EA2JX, Viljo ES5PC, Charly DK3ZL, Bernd DL6IAN, Gustavo LW2DTZ, Juergen DL8SDQ, Gary ZS6YI, Wilhelm DL6DCA, Bence Szabo, Alex KR1ST, Branko 9A3ST, Daniel DL7NDR and Michael Hoerenberg for kindly contributing to this collection !

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Satellite
#NORAD

Description

Launch Date

Fuji OSCAR 29
FO-29
JAS-2
#24278
(1996-046B)

Fuji Oscar 29 is a LEO (low earth orbit) satellite with a size of 44cm width and 47cm height. Its weight is 50 kg. The communication systems include beacons, a digital store-and-forward BBS message system, an analog communications transponder and Digi-Talker.
The beacons are:
- 435.795 MHZ - CW beacon with 12 wpm and 100mW output
- 435.910 MHz - PSK digital or Digi-Talker
The analog transponder (JA, 1 Watt) uses the following frequencies:
- 145.900-146.000 MHz uplink
- 435.800-435.900 MHz downlink (inverted)
The digital transponder (JD, 1 Watt) uses the following frequencies:
- 145.850 MHz, 145.890 MHz, 145.910 MHz 1200bps AFSK uplinks
- 145.870 MHz 9600bps FSK uplink
- 435.910 MHz 1200bps BPSK or 9600 bps FSK downlink
- 435.910 MHz Digi-Talker FM Downlink

Aug 17th 1996

Synthesized voice message of the Digi-Talker including the sound of a cuckoo. Recorded on July 5th 1997 by Mike N1JEZ.

CW beacon recorded March 5th 1999 14:15 UTC by DK3WN

PSK beacon recorded March 9th 1999 15:45 UTC by DK3WN

QSO DL1LSZ and F1DPI in Mode JA on Sept. 3rd 2000 14:10 UTC, recorded by DK3WN

Synthesized voice transmission of FO-29 in FM on 435.910 MHz

Another synthesized voice message of FO-29 including the sound of a bird. Recorded on June 10th 2000 by John KD2BD.

Synthesized voice running twice as fast as it should be, recorded by KD4APP on Aug 24rd 2003

After a long period of deactivation in January 2010 the analog transponder of FO-29 with a downlink transmit power of 5W was switched back on. Excellent signals were reported as demonstrated also in enclosed recording of a SSB contact of SQ7DQX and PE0SAT. Recorded on January 29th by Matt SQ7DQX.

On December 30th 2014 at 20:00 UTC Roland PY4ZBZ and Luciano PY5LF managed to have a contact in CW via a cross-satellite link via FO-29 and AO-7. PY5LF transmitted on 432.150 MHz to AO-7 in CW mode. AO-7 retransmitted the CW signal on 145.950 MHz which was received by FO-29. Finally FO-29 retransmitted the signal on 435.850 MHz which was received by PY4ZBZ.Please note that Doppler shift was minimum as the satellite transponders are inversed and thus compensated nicely.Audio recording and spectrogram screenshot kindly provided by Roland PY4ZBZ.

Mexico OSCAR 30
MO-30
UNAMSAT-B
#24305
(1996-052B)

Mexico OSCAR 30 was a LEO (low earth orbit) satellite and a secondary payload launched with COSMOS 2334 (Parus #86).
MO-30 was built by the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). This Cubesat had the size of 15x15x15cm and a weight of 10.7kg. The successful launch followed the unsuccessful launch and destruction of UNAMSAT-A in 1995..
It featured a store-and-forward PACSAT protocol suite communication system. The uplink was 1200 bps AFSK on 145.815 MHz, 145.835 MHz, 145.855 MHz ad 145.875 MHZ. The 1200bps BPSK downlink with a transmit power of 200-300mW was on 437.206 MHz (with a secondary downlink on 435.138 MHz). UNAMSAT-B operated for 46 days sending telemetry. Due to a flaw in the receiver the satellite did not receive ground commands which were necessary to stabilize the satellite's orbit.

Enclosed audio recording of MO-30 is from an unknown source.

Sep 5th 1996

RS 16
Mozhayets
Zeya
#24744
(1997-010A)

RS-16 was also called Mozhayets or Zeya. It carries 20 laser reflectors for geodesy and Glonass and GPS receivers. Its CW beacon was recorded on February 27th 1999 by DK3WN.

Mar 4th 1997

RS 17
Sputnik-40
Sputnik-Jr
#24958
(1997-058C)

In memoriam to the first man made satellite Sputnik-1, which was successfully launched 40 years before, this little satellite was launched by hand during an EVA (Extra Vehicular walking in space) from the MIR space station. The RF signal sounded like a beep-beep as the transmitter with a power of 100 to 200 mW was keyed on/off. The RF carrier on 145.820 MHz was FM modulated and the frequency of the audio signal varied with the temperature inside the satellite. Recorded in FM on November 3rd 1997 12:45 UTC by IK1SLD. For confirming the reception by a QSL card the award was given.

Nov 3rd 1997

TMSat OSCAR 31
TO-31
Thai-Micro-Sat
#25396
(1998-043C)

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Jul 10th 1998

Gurwin OSCAR 32
GO-32
TechSat1b
Gurwin II
#25397
(1998-043D)

GO-32 was built by Technion Institute of Technology in Israel and launched on a Zenith-2 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome as one of 5 secondary payloads to the Resurs-O1-4 satellite. It is of cubic shape with a size of 445 mm x 445 mm x 445 mm. The platform is three-axis stabilized, using a momentum wheel and three magnetorquers as actuators, and a three-axis magnetometer as attitude sensor.
It uses the callsigns 4XTECH-12 (for the BBS) and 4XTECH-11 for the beacon. The following modes are supported:
Mode U TLM beacon
     Downlink 435.3250 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
Mode V/U (J) APRS (Set Path to be via 4XTECH)
     Uplink: 145.9300 MHz FM 9600 BPS
     Downlink 435.2250 MHz FM 9600 BPS
Mode V/U (J) PacSat BBS
     Uplink: 145.8500 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
     Uplink: 145.8500 MHz 1200BPS AFSK/APRS
     Uplink: 145.8900 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
     Uplink: 145.9300 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
     Downlink 435.2250 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
Mode L/U PacSat BBS
     Uplink: 1269.7000 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
     Uplink: 1269.8000 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
     Uplink: 1269.9000 MHz FSK 9600 BPS
     Downlink 435.2250 MHz FSK 9600 BPS

Jul 10th 1998

9600bd FSK beacon recorded by Don Woodward, KD4APP, Aug 15th 2002

SedSat OSCAR 33
SO-33
#25509
(1998-061B)

Single burst of 9600bd FSK recorded by Don Woodward, KD4APP, Nov 30th 2002

Oct 24th 1998

RS 18
Sputnik-41
#25533
(1998-062C)

Voice messages in French, English, Russian recorded by DK3WN on December 10th 1998 15:32 UTC

Nov 10th 1998

Simple telemetry downlink, audio frequency is a function of temperature inside satellite, recorded by DK3WN

Simple beep-beep signal recorded by DK3WN

Another excellent recording of the voice messages was made by Harald DH8HHA in Munich on November 20th 1998. He received the enclosed QSL card for sending in his reception report.

Pansat OSCAR 34
PO-34
#25520
(1998-064B)

PANSAT was built by Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and launched from Shuttle mission STS-95 in a LEO.

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Oct 29th 1998

Sunsat OSCAR 35
SO-35
#25636
(1999-008C)

FM-Repeater recorded November 11th 1999 by DK3WN

Feb 23rd 1999

SunSat in Parrot Mode recorded March 11th 2000 by DK3WN

QSO DL1LSZ and DG3DCH recorded August 16th 2000 18:50 UTC by DK3WN (ex DL1LSZ)

Rudolf ZR6JRN (now ZS6FX) had a nice contact with ZS6HQ via SO-35. Recording provided by Rudolf ZS6FX.

John K6YK and Ted WA2HKS had a nice contact via SO-35. Recording provided by John K6YK.

UoSAT OSCAR 36
UO-36
UoSAT-12
#25693
(1999-021A)

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Apr 21st 1999

ASUSat OSCAR 37
AO-37
ASUSat-1
#26065
(2000-004E)

ASUSat-1 was a 6 kg-class satellite designed, fabricated, tested, and tracked by the students at Arizona State University.

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Jan 27th 2000

Opal OSCAR 38
OO-38
#26063
(2000-004C)

Opal beacon transmission, complete pass on March 7th 2000 19:05-19:19 UTC recorded by DK3WN (please note this file is 1.2 MByte large)

Jan 27th 2000

Weber OSCAR 39
WO-39
JAWSat
#26061
(2000-004A)

The Air Force Academy and Weber State University have built the Joint Academy Weber State Satellite (JAWSAT).

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Jan 27th 2000

AMSAT OSCAR 40
AO-40
Phase-3D
#26609
(2000-072B)

AO-40 was launched on November 16th 2000 on an Ariane 5 rocket (flight V135) from Kourou/French Guyana as a secondary payload to PanAMSAT's PAS 1r. It was the most sophisticated satellite built and launched by radio amateurs at that time. The impressive transponder list is given below:

Uplink Passbands  
15m(A)           21.210-21.250 MHz  
12m(A)           24.920-24.960 MHz
2m(V)           145.800-145.990 MHz  
70cm(U)      435.300-435.800 MHz  
23cm(L1)  1269.000-1269.500 MHz  
23cm(L2)  1268.075-1268.575 MHz  
13cm(S1)  2400.100-2400.600 MHz  
13cm(S2)  2446.200-2446.700 MHz  
6cm(C)      5668.300-5668.800 MHz

Downlink Passbands
2m(V)           145.805-145.990 MHz
70cm(U)       435.900-436.200 MHz  / 435.475-435.725 MHz
13cm(S1)   2400.650-2400.950 MHz / 2400.225-2400.475 MHz
13cm(S2)   2401.650-2401.950 MHz / 2401.225-2401.475 MHz
3cm(X)     10451.450-10451.750 MHz / 10451.025-10451.275 MHz
1.5cm(K)  24048.025-24048.075 MHz

Beacon list: GB=General Beacon, MB=Middle Beacon, EB=Engineering Beacon
2m(V)             145.898 MHz (MB)
70cm(U)         435.438 MHz (GB)
                       435.588 MHz (MB)
                       435.838 MHz (EB)
13cm(S1)      2400.188 MHz (GB)
                     2400.338 MHz (MB)
                     2400.588 MHz (EB)
13cm(S)        2401.173 MHz (GB)
                     2401.323 MHz (MB)
                     2401.573 MHz (EB)
3cm(X)      10450.975 MHz (GB)
                  10451.125 MHz (MB)
                  10451.375 MHz (EB)
1.5cm(K)   24047.885 MHz (GB)
                  24048.035 MHz (MB)
                  24048.285 MHz (EB)

Nov 16th 2000

The 2m beacon signal was recorded by DK3WN on November 17th 2000 08:30 UTC when AO-40 was in a distance of 43000km.

The UHF-SHF transponder of AO-40 had an excellent performance. Enclosed contact of W7LRD and VE2DWE was recorded on August 26th 2002 by VE2DWE. He used for the 435 MHz UHF uplink 5W and a 40 element crossed yagi and for the L-band downlink a BBQ grill antenna with an AIDC 3733 2.4 GHz downconverter. Recording kindly provided by VE2DWE.

Telemetry beacon recorded by DJ1KM, member and strong contributor to AMSAT-DL. Reinhard passed away in Oct 2006.

QSO of Don KD4APP and Stuart GW3XYW, recorded by Don on March 11th 2003. Kindly provided by Don KD4APP.

QSO of Frank DL6DBN and Andreas OE1DMB in German language. Recorded and kindly provided by OE1DMB.

AO40 transmitted its 400 bit/s beacon also on the 24 GHz downlink. Note the spin fading due to the fact, that both, the receive system and the 24 GHz transmitter, used linearly polarized antennas. Received and kindly provided by Michael OH2AUE.

In this recording you can hear the CW signal of DK1KQ on the 24 GHz downlink while he was using the L-band uplink. Received and kindly provided by Michael OH2AUE.

Michael also copied DB6NT in SSB on the 24 GHz downlink while he was using the L-band uplink. Recorded and kindly provided by Michael OH2AUE.

On May 7th 2002 the U/K-band transponder was used by Charles G3DWG and Mike N1JEZ for the first transatlantic QSO with a joint 24GHz downlink. Please note the rather low doppler shift due to the fact that they used the transponder while AO40 was at apogee (distance was about 61000 km). The output power of the K-band transmitter was estimated to have dropped to about 600-800mW. Recorded and kindly provided by Mike N1JEZ.

On February 23rd 2003 the S1/K-band transponder was tested. In enclosed recording of the 24 GHz downlink you can hear Charles G3DWG and Domenico I8CVS + testing the SSB transponder. Charles was transmitting on the U-band uplink while Domenico was transmitting on the S1-band uplink at 2401 MHz (10 Watt into a 1.2m dish). Recording kindly provided by Mike N1JEZ.

This is a contact between I8CVS +, IW1ERR and I5UXJ during orbit 867 and MA241 on September 20th 2002. Uplink was at 1268 MHz, downlink was at 2401 MHz (Mode L/S). Recorded and audio file kindly provided by Domenico I8CVS +.

This are another 2 contacts on August 31st 2002 in LS-Mode. The first is between Jon ZS6JON and Frans PA3CQE, the second is between Jon JS6JON and Rob PE1ITR. The contacts were recorded by Frans PA3CQE. Audio file kindly provided by Rob PE1ITR.

Her are some very special goodies. They were not recorded while AO40 was in orbit but during the various integration tests and the final prelaunch tests in Kourou.
The first audio file is a test of the LEILA function in CW conducted by OH2AUE during pre-launch tests.
The second audio file is a test of the LEILA function in SSB conducted also by OH2AUE in Kourou.
The third audio file was a test of the built in microphone of AO40 by DB2OS (tapping the support frame).
The forth audio file was another test of the micro. You can hear Peter DB2OS "talking to the bird".
The fifth audio file was a test of the microphone already done during one of the integration tests in Florida. All three momentum wheels have achieved synch to the programmed test values. Analyzing the audio spectrum with a PC FFT program you can see the frequencies and thus calculate the rotation speed of the wheels directly.
The sixth audio file is the 400bd PSK beacon recorded during thermal vacuum tests in Virginia.

The seventh audio file is also the 400bd PSK beacon received on 70cm band during tests on June 26th 1999. If you decode this file with the AO40RCV freeware then you can decode 4 blocks of data which I enclose also a s a text file.

This is the last special from AO-40. You can decode this audio file with the P3T software. The result is great fun as you can see from the telemetry that all RF transmitters are turned OFF, only the IR laser is turned ON. This was probably the only time that the IR laser was ever actually received and demodulated + decoded. The laser was never tested in space. Michael OH2AUE made this recording during the launch preparation and final tests in Kourou.

All these recordings were kindly provided by Michael Fletcher OH2AUE.

Saudi OSCAR 41
SO-41
SaudiSat-1A
#26546
(2000-057B)

QSOs of DK3WN and HB9SKA, recorded by DK3WN on April 13th 2002 12:35 UTC.

Sep26th 2000

QSOs of KD4APP and WA1ECF, recorded by Don on June 16th 2002

Saudi OSCAR 42
SO-42
SaudiSat-1B
#26549
(2000-057E)

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Sep26th 2000

Starshine OSCAR 43
SO-43
Starshine-3
#26929
(2001-043A)

Starshine transmitted 9600bd ASCII data like:
STRSHN>AP5152:>de N7YTK.040029DB000029C3
A438813D026BFC6D534F84829A327868932A0273F
C8B65DF70462A5C6EED9D22027BFC2246914EB6
A4AE650182780289FC98D29482F30206619C84F30
271FC1A6D4B285F9BD964E700C20281
SO-43 decayed on January 21
st 2003.

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Sep30th 2001

Nav OSCAR 44
NO-44
PCSat
#26931
(2001-043C)

PCSat 1200Bd AFSK packet frame on 145.825 MHz recorded by DK3WN on October 20th 2001

Sep30th 2001

Here you can find an audio-file as well as a log-file of the transmissions of NO-44 on January 7th 2007 which I relayed to the internet. Recorded by DD1US on January 7th 2007 by DD1US.

On May 6th 2015 at 15:35 UTC Francisco EA7ADI received the CW signal of NavOSCAR 44. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

On December 12th 2001 PCSat transmitted "S" and "HI" every 3 minutes. This to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first Amateur Radio Satellite OSCAR-1 launched on December 12th 1961 and also to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's historic transatlantic transmission of the letter "S" in 1901. Received and recording kindly provided by Alex KR1ST.

Nav OSCAR 45
NO-45
Sapphire
#26932
(2001-043D)

Synthesized Voice Messages: "Happy Birthday OSCAR-1" and "Thank you Mr. Marconi", received by HB9SKA

Sep30th 2001

CW beacon signal received by DK3WN on October 19th 2001 13:45 UTC.

Un-modulated keying of NO-45 every 20 seconds, recorded by KD4APP on Dec 20th 2002, 15:00 UTC

MySat OSCAR 46
MO-46
TiungSAT-1
MalaysianSat-1
#26548
(2000-057D)

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Sep26th 2000

RS 21
Kolibri-2000
#27394
(2001-051C)

The Russian-Australian scientific-educational Kolibri-2000 micro-satellite was launched into space from the International Space Station. CW beacon signal of on 70cm (435.335 MHz) on April 20th 2002 recorded by DK3WN

Mar 19th 2002

Breizh OSCAR 47
BO-47
Idefix CU-1
#27422
(2002-021B)

PSK signal of the 2m downlink of Idefix recorded by DK3WN

May 4th 2002

Synthesized message in German language recorded by DK3WN

Breizh OSCAR 48
BO-48
Idefix CU-2
#27422
(2002-021B)

CW beacon signal on 70cm downlink recorded by DK3WN. Here is a picture of the rusty key of F6AGR, which was used for generating the CW signals and storing them in the memory of the satellite.

May 4th 2002

Synthesized message in German language on 70cm downlink recorded by DK3WN

RS 20
Mozhayets
#27560
(2002-054B)

RS-20 was another Russian amateur radio satellite based on the Strela 1M platform. It featured 2 downlinks, on 145.828 MHz in FM or CW and on 435.319 MHz in FM or CW.

Nov 28th 2002

FM signal with data transmission on 70cm downlink (435.317 MHz) recorded by DK3WN on Dec 3rd 2002 20:15 UTC.

CW beacon signal received in USB on 70cm downlink (435.312 MHz) recorded by DK3WN on Dec 3rd 2002 21:52 UTC (audio file was compressed)

CW beacon signal of 70cm downlink recorded by Don Woodward, KD4APP, Dec 8th 2002

AATiS OSCAR 49
AO-49
Safir-M
RUBIN-2
#27605
(2002-058A) 

This satellite was built by the University of Pforzheim / Germany and supported by AATiS (Arbeitskreis Amateurfunk und Telekommunikation in der Schule). SAFIR-M was a payload of RUBIN-2, an experimental micro-satellite operated by OHB in Bremen/Germany. The 2m downlink of AO-49 is a 9600bd MSK signal and sounds like noise. AO-49 used the callsign DP0AIS. Recorded by Michael DG1CMZ.

Dec 20th 2002

Saudi OSCAR 50
SO-50
SaudiSat-1C
#27607
(2002-058C)

Saudi OSCAR 50 was built by King Abdulaziz University for Science & Technology. SO-50 features a Mode V/U (J) FM Voice Repeater. The uplink frequency of this bent pipe FM repeater is 145.8500 MHz (FM, PL 67.0 Hz), the downlink frequency is 436.7950 MHz (FM). To switch the transmitter on a 2 seconds carrier with a 74.4 Hz CTCSS tone has to be sent. This satellite can be worked with simple FM equipment.

Dec 20th 2002

KD4APP calling CQ via SO-50, recorded by Don KD4APP on Jan 3rd 2003, 7:56 UTC

QSO of G4FUN and SM/IW4BLG during AMSAT Colloquium at University of Surrey, recorded by DK3WN on July 30th 2004 14:10 UTC.

QSO of N6LY and KF6KYI both operating with handheld transceivers recorded by KF6KYI on March 5th 2008.

The station DC2HC operating via SO-50 was briefly received and recorded on March 14th 2010 at 16:47 UTC on 436.799 MHz by DD1US.

Cubesat OSCAR 55
CO-55
Cute-1
#27844
(2003-031E)

This satellite was launched together with 5 other Cubesats by a ROCKOT launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. It was built by Tokyo Institute of Technology and includes a CW beacon (downlink 436.8375 MHz) as well as a 2nd downlink for PR on 437.470 MHz (1200 bps FM AFSK, AX.25. Its callsign is JQ1YCY.

Jun 30th 2003

Rob Hardenberg received the signal from Cute-1 on June 30th 2003 at 19:10 UTC only a few hours after its launch. Audio recording kindly provided by Rob PE1ITR.

Another recording of the CW transmission of Cute-1 from July 2nd 2003 at 07:10 UTC was kindly provided by Rob PE1ITR.

CW downlink recorded by DK3WN on May 9th 2005 17:50 UTC. Audio recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

QuakeSat
#27845
(2003-031F)

The 3-kilogram QuakeSat, which was being built by Stanford University students as part of its CubeSat program, covered Earth every four days in a near polar orbit 700-900 kilometers in altitude. It features a single axis magnetometer and a small E-field dipole antenna. The objective is the detection of ELF signatures. QuakeSat transmits on 436.675 MHz in FM FSK 9600bd AX.25 telemetry. It uses the callsign KD7OVB.

Jun 30th 2003

Rob Hardenberg received the signal from QuakeSat on July 2th 2003 at 07:05 UTC on 436.675 MHz . Audio recording kindly provided by Rob PE1ITR.

Rob Hardenberg received the signal from QuakeSat also on its next pass on July 2th 2003 at 08:38 UTC on 436.675 MHz. Audio recording kindly provided by Rob PE1ITR.

Cubesat OSCAR 57
CO-57
XI-IV
#27848
(2003-031J)

This satellite was launched together with 5 other Cubesats by a ROCKOT launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. It was built by Tokyo Institute of Technology and includes a CW beacon (downlink 436.8475 MHz) as well as a 2nd downlink for PR on 437.490 MHz (1200 bps FM AFSK, AX.25. Its callsign is JQ1YCW.

Jun 30th 2003

Rob Hardenberg received the CW beacon signal from Cubesat OSCAR 57 on July 2th 2003 at 08:38 UTC on 436.8475 MHz. Audio recording kindly provided by Rob PE1ITR.

CW telemetry recorded by DK3WN on July 5th 2003 06:00 UTC. Audio recording kindly provided by Mike DK3WN.

The CW beacon signal from CO-57 was received on March 19th 2015 at 17:52 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

The CW beacon signal from CO-57 was also received on May 7th 2015 at 17:40 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

RS 22
Mozhayets-4
#27939
(2003-042A)

RS-22 was another Russian amateur radio satellite based on the Strela 1M platform built by the Mozhaisky military academy. It was launched from Baykonur on a Dnepr rocket into a retrograde polar orbit with an inclination of 98.43 degrees. The perigee was 657 km and the apogee was 693 km.

Sep 27th 2003

CW beacon signal on 435.352 MHz recorded by DK3WN on July 14th 2004 22:00 UTC.

FM signal with data transmission recorded by DK3WN while RS-22 being in the range of the ground control station

CW beacon signal of 70cm downlink recorded by Don Woodward, KD4APP, Aug 9th 2004

CW telemetry signal recorded by Mark KF6KYI on April 25th 2008.

The CW beacon signal from RS-22 was received on April 15th 2015 at 15:21 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

The CW beacon signal from RS-22 was received again on April 23rd 2015 at 17:04 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

AMSAT OSCAR 51
AO-51
OSCAR-E
Echo
#28375
(2004-025K)

Transponder in test mode (FM repeater mode with uplink at 145.92 MHz and downlink at 435.300 MHz)), multiple stations were recorded on July 30th 2004 11:00UTC by Mike DK3WN

Sep 26th 2004

Perfect QSO of PA3GUO and F6CDZ on March 31st 2005, recorded by Henk PA3GUO

ON5NY calling CQ on the 13cm FM downlink at 2401.200 MHz while AO-51 was in experimental mode. Recorded on September 3rd 2006 by Vladimir RA3DQT

The transponder of AO-51 could also be used for digital transmissions. The enclosed PSK31 signal was recorded on 435.300 MHz by Maik Hermenau.

In January 2008 AO-51 was operational with the 2m FM uplink and the 13cm FM downlink activated. In the audio file enclosed you can hear why such a mode requires highly disciplined operators, which is unfortunately not always the case. Recorded on 2.4 GHz in FM on January 29th 2008 by Gerd DL8DR.

The FM downlink signal was recorded by Mark KF6KYI on February 10th 2008.

The SSTV pictures below from KB2HSH, KC9MLN and VE2DWE were received via AO-51 on Nov 14th 2008 at 23:30UTC by Al W8KHP.

End of December 2009 Matt SQ7DQX had 2 nice contacts with UA9UIZ and OZ1MY. The uplink mode was SSB, the downlink mode FM. Recorded on December 30th 2009 at 13:43UTC by SQ7DQX.

On April 3rd 2010 Alex VK5ALX and Murray ZL3MH had an excellent voice contact lasting 7 minutes and using the S-band narrowband FM downlink. The downlink frequency was 2401.2 MHz +/- doppler. Alex VK5ALX lives in Whyalla, South Australia and used a recycled MMDS pay TV down converter and ICOM IC-910H transceiver. Recorded by VK5ALX on April 3rd 2010 starting 08:07 UTC.

On July 20th 2009 AMSAT-NA marked the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing of Apollo 11 with a special event. AO-51 was transmitting original voice messages as well as an SSTV picture in Robot 36 mode of the landing.
Received and recorded on July 20
th 2009 at 17:29 UTC on 435.300 MHz in FM mode by M0UKD. Kindly contributed by John M0UKD.

RS-23
Universitetsky
Tatiana
#28523
(2005-002C)

This satellite with a weight of 30 kg was launched on Kosmso-3M rocket to mark the 250th anniversary of Moscow State University (MGU). It transmits 2400 Baud digital data on 435.215 MHz in NFM. Recorded on September 27th 2005 at 09:50 UTC by Maik Hermenau.

Jan 20th 2005

VUsat OSCAR 52
VO-52
VUsat-52
HAMSAT
#28650
(2005-017B)

Indian satellite, 42kg, carries 2 UHF/VHF linear transponders (an Indian and a Dutch), un-modulated Indian beacon recorded May 7th 2005 10:13 UTC by DD1US

May 5th 2005

Indian linear transponder with uplink between 435.225 and 435.275 MHz (LSB) and downlink from 145.875 to 145.925 MHz (USB). QSO of Pali HA8ARP and Henk PA3GUO recorded May 7th 2005 10:10 UTC by Matthias DD1US

The Dutch transponder was activated first time on Nov 17th 2005. The transponder was built by William PE1RAH. This is a QSO between William (JO31RH) and OZ1MY (JO65FR) during this first day of operation recorded at 19:17 UTC on a downlink frequency of 145.906 MHz by Matthias DD1US

The CW beacon of the Durch transponder. transmits on 145.860 MHz +/- doppler. Recorded on Nov 18th 2005 at 19:38 UTC by Matthias DD1US

The SSB transponder downlink signal with several stations was recorded by Mark KF6KYI on January 29th 2008.

On February 8th 2009 at 03:00 UTC Drew KO4MA received the enclosed interferer on the downlink of VO-52 (on 145.910 MHz in FM). It seems to be a broadcast signal with spanish language. Whoever can help to identify the source should send me an Email.

On November 28th 2011 Domenico I8CVS + had a contact using the Indian Mode-B transponder of VO-52 with IW6OVD. Recording kindly provided by Domenico I8CVS +.

On March 27th 2012 Domenico I8CVS + had a contact using the Dutch Mode-B transponder of VO-52 with IW6OVD. Recording kindly provided by Domenico I8CVS +.

In enclosed recording you can hear PE0SAT calling CQ via VO-52 and making nice contacts with G54CFS, YT3N, IK8YSS. Recorded on March 20th 2013 at 19:33 UTC. Recording kindly provided by Jan PE0SAT.

The CW-beacon of VO-52 was received on March 15th 2014 at 17:21 UTC by DD1US.

NAV OSCAR
PCSat 2
#25544
(1998-067A)

This payload was brought to ISS by Space Shuttle Discovery on July 26th and assembled outside of the international space station on August 3rd 2005. It includes a PSK31- multi-user transponder (435.275 MHz), an FM voice repeater which can also used by the astronauts on ISS (435.275 MHz) as well as a packet radio system (435.275 MHz). Its beacons can be received on 437.975 MHz. This recording of the 1k2 and 9k6 telemetry beacon was done by Mike DK3WN on Nov. 12th 2005 at 17:36 UTC.

July 26th 2005

During its final days in space PCSat2 was in a special event mode, which included a voice downlink for control stations.
They reported in voice the APRS stations heard over PCSAT2.
In that mode Henk PA3GUO operated PCSat2 and also chatted with Mike DK3WN who was also control station for PCSat2 at that time.
All 3 files were recorded on Aug 31
st 2006 by Henk PA3GUO.

PCSat was finally retrieved during an EVA on Sept 15th 2006 and brought back to Earth.

EXpress-OSCAR 53
EO-53
SSETI-EXpress
#28894
(2005-043E)

This first pan-European student micro-satellite was built by a distributed team of university students and radio amateurs throughout Europe. It was sponsored by ESA and launched together with 5 Cubesats on a russian rocket KOSMOS-3M (ROCKOT) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. The amateur radio payload had downlinks on 437.250 MHz (FSK, 9k6 AX.25) as well as 2401.835 MHz (FSK, 38k4 AX.25, 3 Watt).

Oct 27th 2005

 Unfortunately the satellite was operational only for 5 orbits and then shut down due to a lack of power. The 9600bd packets transmitted every 18 seconds were recorded on October 27th 2007 at 09:13 UTC on 437.250 MHz in FM by Ian Ashley ZL1AOX. Besides you can also read the decoded data of this transmission.

This is a recording of the "safe mode" pulse beacon. This came on when the battery volts fell too low for the main system to operate and was heard by a number of amateurs. Recording kindly provided by Graham G3VZV.

The enclosed audio file is a test of SSETI Express in the "UHF-S Band FM voice transponder" mode. It was performed at ESA ESTEC facilities during integration and test of the satellite sub systems. The test was performed on February 23rd 2005 at 22:31 UTC by Graham Shirville PA0/G3VZV. Many thanks to Graham for providing this unique recording.

Cubesat OSCAR 58
CO-58
CUBESAT XI-V
Cubesat 11-5
#28895
(2005-043F)

This cubesat was launched inside SSETI-EXpress and was deployed from EO-53 about 63 mins after SSETI-EXpress had itself been separated from the launch adaptor. It was built by Tokyo Institute of Technology and includes a CW beacon (downlink 437.465 MHz) as well as a 2nd downlink for PR on 437.345 MHz (1200 bps FM AFSK, AX.25. Its callsign is JQ1YGW. This beacon was recorded by Mike DK3WN on Oct. 25th 2005 at 09:40 UTC.

Oct 27th 2005

The CW beacon signal from CO-58 was received on March 25th 2015 at 18:23 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. Recording kindly provided by Francisco EA7ADI.

On July 22nd 2022 at 14:19 UTC Michael Hoerenberg received the CW beacon of CO-58 on 437.465 MHz. The decoded telemetry is shown in the screenshot of the audio signal above. Recording kindly provided by Michael Hoerenberg.

Picture

Satellite
#NORAD

Description

Launch Date

If you have further recordings from space objects please let me know. I will be happy to add them to my homepage. Many thanks in advance.

Vy 55 & 73 de Matthias DD1US               


 
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