Launched from the East SamSat satellite is working, but transmits fragmentary signals
The cause of the problem is a very fast rotation of the device around its axis.
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SamSat-218D satellite, which was launched from the Vostochny space center, was contacted. True, now the device transmits only fragmentary signals, writes TASS. The publication transmits information provided by the press service of the Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU).
“A radio beacon is installed on the nanosatellite, which by Morse code transmits the word SamSat-218D. At the moment from the nanosatellite there are fragmentary signals from the Morse code on the background of noise during the passage of the satellite over the receiving station. Now the developers of SamSat-218D analyze the incoming information in order to understand the nature of the problem and the ways to solve it, ”the press service informs.
The cause of the problem has already been clarified. “When the spacecraft was launched directly into orbit, it unwound too quickly. He has a very small weight - less than two kilograms. As a result, its antenna does not have time to catch the information, the satellite rotates too fast, ”the university representative said.
The satellite itself was created at the Samara State Aerospace University for processing control algorithms for such devices. The mass of the satellite is only 1.4 kg. This is the first Russian student nanosatellite, which was made by students and scientists of SSAU back in 2014.
It has the shape of a parallelepiped, the design of the device is formed by interconnected frames, 12 ribs and solar panels. At launch, it was assumed that the satellite would occupy a near-circular orbit with an altitude of 510 km. See where the satellite is now located here .
Let me remind you that earlier the satellite developers turned to radio amateurs for help in searching for satellite signals.
Image: edu.ru The
SamSat-218D satellite, which was launched from the Vostochny space center, was contacted. True, now the device transmits only fragmentary signals, writes TASS. The publication transmits information provided by the press service of the Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU).
“A radio beacon is installed on the nanosatellite, which by Morse code transmits the word SamSat-218D. At the moment from the nanosatellite there are fragmentary signals from the Morse code on the background of noise during the passage of the satellite over the receiving station. Now the developers of SamSat-218D analyze the incoming information in order to understand the nature of the problem and the ways to solve it, ”the press service informs.
The cause of the problem has already been clarified. “When the spacecraft was launched directly into orbit, it unwound too quickly. He has a very small weight - less than two kilograms. As a result, its antenna does not have time to catch the information, the satellite rotates too fast, ”the university representative said.
The satellite itself was created at the Samara State Aerospace University for processing control algorithms for such devices. The mass of the satellite is only 1.4 kg. This is the first Russian student nanosatellite, which was made by students and scientists of SSAU back in 2014.
It has the shape of a parallelepiped, the design of the device is formed by interconnected frames, 12 ribs and solar panels. At launch, it was assumed that the satellite would occupy a near-circular orbit with an altitude of 510 km. See where the satellite is now located here .
Let me remind you that earlier the satellite developers turned to radio amateurs for help in searching for satellite signals.