Nihon University

SPROUT, a 20 x 20 x 22 cm amateur radio nano-satellite with a mass of 7.1 kg, launched successfully with the L-band (1236.5 MHz/1257.5 MHz/1278.5 MHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite ALOS-2 on May 24, 2014 at 0305 UT. SPROUT is now in a 654 km, 97.9 degree inclination Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

NASA-Catalog: 39770

Downlink

437.525 MHz FM 1k2 AFSK AX.25, CW, SSTV

Call

JQ1ZJQ

Status

ACTIVE

Orbital Parameter

NORAD                   39770
COSPAR designator       2014-029-E  
Inclination             97.873
RA of A. Node           333.940
Eccentricity            0.0012080
Argument of Perigee     86.429
Revs per day            14.82712558
Period                  1h 37m 07s (97.12 min)
Semi-major axis         6 999 km
Perigee x Apogee        612 x 629 km
BStar (drag term)       0.000154640 1/ER
Mean anomaly            273.829

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Telemetry

CW First Activation Mode (G0)

jq1zjq sprout g0 f32
jq1zjq sprout g0 efc
jq1zjq sprout g0 cfc
jq1zjq sprout g0 c70
jq1zjq sprout g0 ef8
jq1zjq sprout g0 f29
jq1zjq sprout g0 f32

24.05.2014, 0936 UTC – first CW telemetry (DK3WN)

CW Normal Mode (G3)

jq1zjq sprout g3 f6e 07c 8c3 8e1 00 8bc 8c8 04bee0e23b8 004f 00f6 0021 01c2 0060
jq1zjq sprout g3 f2a 07f 8c8 8d5 00 8c0 8c3 04bee933467 0c30 026a 0063 05a7 0992
jq1zjq sprout g3 f23 08c 8c8 8d3 00 8c1 8c0 04beec06008 0013 0118 0ba5 0036 0024

25.08.2014, 1109 UTC

SSTV

31.05.2014, 04:08 UTC SPROUT SSTV image on 437.600 MHz (LU4EOU)

Packet Mode

from JQ1ZJQ to SPROUT (UI, payload: 226 byte)
000 > 00 A6 A0 A4 9E AA A8 60 94 A2 62 B4 94 A2 61 03 F0 00 30 07 
020 > 31 02 4F 0B F0 06 58 06 60 06 95 06 B6 06 93 06 96 06 84 06 
040 > 84 06 64 06 7F 06 75 06 9D 06 AE 06 84 07 32 06 7E 06 7B 06 
060 > 86 06 89 06 7F 06 96 06 99 06 83 06 67 06 86 06 8A 06 73 06 
080 > B6 00 11 00 00 00 00 08 01 07 ED 06 77 07 98 07 D8 08 00 07 
100 > DD 00 00 04 CE 07 01 03 EA 0B 45 00 12 00 1F 00 19 00 00 00 
120 > 00 00 00 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 1B 00 19 00 00 09 56 01 7E 01 
140 > 15 06 32 00 42 00 35 00 00 00 00 00 07 02 4C 02 48 00 01 00 
160 > 0B 00 08 09 F5 0A 06 09 EB 00 09 00 11 00 0E 06 E8 06 F2 06 
180 > FC 02 4C 0B F4 06 5B 06 5D 06 95 06 B7 06 93 06 97 06 86 06 
200 > 83 06 65 06 7D 06 75 06 9D 06 AB 06 8C 07 33 06 77 06 7C 06 
220 > 86 06 88 06 80 06 97 06 97 06 84 06 67 06 8A 06 8C 06 76 06 
240 > B6 00 0E 

28.05.2014 1403 UTC

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