Atlas V GEMSat Launch 2013

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Atlas V

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg Air Force Base

 

LAUNCH TIME:

December 6, 2013 - 07:14:30 UTC

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

12

 

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NROL-39

P-Pod Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
1 FIREBIRD Montana State University, University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Aerospace Corp. 1.5U (x2) Flight Unit 1: 437.405 MHzFlight Unit 2: 437.230 MHzGMSK AX.25 9600bps, 1W, 60 sec period More Info
2 AeroCube5 Aerospace Corp. 1.5U (x2)
3 ALICE Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) 3U 460 MHz, GFSK, 12.5% duty cycle (5 seconds of 3 bursts per second then 40 seconds of RX)Beacon is based on when ALICE is 2 minutes away from AOS contact with our ground station. This information is uploaded from ephemeris data from our ground station. Will beacon until comms are established. More Info
4 SNaP U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U
5 MCubed-2 Michigan eXploration Laboratory 1U 437.485 MHz, 9600 baud, 10 sec period More Info
5 CUNYSAT-1 Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York 1U 437.505 MHz, 9600 bps GMSK, CW More Info
5 IPEX Cal Poly, SLO - PolySat 1U 437.270MHz: Morse Code of "IPEX" every 45s at 15wpm, 9600 baud AX.25 FSK Beacon every 127s and 20s. More Info
6 SMDC-ONE (David) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U More Info
7 TacSat-6 U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U
8 SMDC-ONE (Charlie) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U More Info

The CubeSats are integrated into 8 P-POD deployers which are contained in the NPSCuL built by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The NPSCuL together with the 8 P-PODs and 12 CubeSats is referred to as the Government Experimental Multi-Satellite (GEMSat), and is attached to the Centaur upper stage's Aft Bulkhead Carrier (ABC). The assembled GEMSat is shown in the photo below ready for mate to the launch vehicle along with members of the GEMSat team consisting of NPS, Office of Space Launch (OSL), United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Cal Poly, SLO.

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators.

Minotaur I ORS-3 Launch 2013

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Minotaur I

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia

 

LAUNCH TIME:

November 20, 2013 - 01:15 UTC

 

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

ELaNa-4

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

28

P-Pod Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
2 Ho`oponopono-2 University of Hawaii Small-Satellite Laboratory 3U 437.220 MHz, 9600 baud, every 15 seconds
3A Vermont Lunar CubeSat Vermont Technical College 1U 437.305 MHz, FSK, AX.25, short beacon every minute with I.D. and IMU data, flashing LEDs should be visible from the ground with binoculars or telescope More Info
3B TJ3Sat Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 1U 437.32 MHz, CW beep every 13.5 seconds, CW morse code identifier every 10 minutes More Info
5A KySat-2 Kentucky Space LLC 1U 437.405 Mhz, AX.25, 9600 baud, GFSK, every 15 seconds, beaconing 37 minutes after deployment and after the solar cells hit the sun More Info
5B NPS-SCAT Naval Postgraduate School 1U 437.525 MHz, 1W AFSK AX.25 1200 bps, 5 minute period default More Info
5C CAPE-2 Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment 1U VHF Frequency: 145.825, VHF Modulation: FM/CWFM Beacons and CW Beacons will vary in frequency of transmissions from Satellite, and are changeable by ground command, refer to ulcape.org for most updated information.UHF Frequency: 437.325, UHF Modulation: FSKRadio is only in operation by ground command for a period of time determined by CAPE-2 Ground Operations Team and will vary in frequency of transmissions from Satellite, and are changeable by ground command, refer to ulcape.org for most updated information. More Info
6A DragonSat-1 U.S. Naval Academy / Drexel University 1U 145.870 MHz, AX.25 9600 baud, every 30 seconds More Info
6B PhoneSat-v2.4 NASA Ames Research Center 1U 437.425 MHz, AFSK, 30 second period whilst operational, 150 second beacon in charging mode More Info
6C Trailblazer COSMIAC at the University of New Mexico 1U 437.425MHz, 1W AFSK, AX.25 9600 baud, 50 second period More Info
7A COPPER Saint Louis University 1U 437.290 MHz, AX.25 9600 baud, Every 10 seconds More Info
7B SwampSat Space Systems Group, University of Florida 1U 437.385 MHz, 1W, AX.25 9600 baud, 60 second interval More Info
7C ChargerSat-1 University of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Hardware Club 1U 437.405 Mhz, G3RUH, 9600buad, AX.25 packets, 10 second period More Info

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators.