SPOT 6;PROITERES;mRESINS=PSLV-C21(CA)-9.09.12 08:23 ЛМВ

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SPOT 6 joins Pl

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-09/10/c_131839194.htm

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PROITERES Launch Successful

PROITERES, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan
Launch : 9 Sep 2012 4:21UTC (9:51IST)
Vehicle: PSLV-CA with SPOT6 and mRESINS
Site   : Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India
30cm^3, 10kg, 10W, 437.485MHz FM/AFSK

http://www.oit.ac.jp/elc/~satellite/index-e.html
http://www.unisec.jp/history/ws2009/UNISEC09-21show_Osakako.pdf
http://erps.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/images/iepc_articledownload_1988-2007/2011index/IEPC-2011-035.pdf


Mission Plan

1.Experimental verification of two-way radio signal propagation
  characteristics using amateur radio-frequency bands.

2.Communication tests and their feedback aiming at improvement of satellite
  communication technology by using off-the-shelf consumer goods.

3.Tracking and communicating with our satellite by amateur earth stations
  all over the world.

4.Powered-flight by electric rocket engine.

5.Monitoring with a high-resolution camera the Kansai District;
  especially Osaka, around Yodogawa basin.


Predicted TLE

PROITERES
1 00000U 12000000 12253.19548611  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00000
2 00000 098.2866 318.6661 0007529 339.8320 229.4493 14.73777833 00000
http://www.oit.ac.jp/elc/~satellite/radiowaveformat.html


PROITERES Live



LIVE - Countdown status   http://www.isro.org/pslv-c21/status.aspx
ISRO webcast (4:00UTC-)   http://www.isro.org/
OIT webcast               http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oit-proiteres2012
Indian government webcast http://webcast.gov.in/live/

PSLV-C21 Launch Successful

PROITERES TLE Update

LIFT_OFF EPOCH : 2012-09-09 04:23:00 (UTC)
EPOCH : 2012-09-09 04:41:30.500 (UTC)

PROITERES
1 00000U 12000000 12253.19548611  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0 00000
2 00000 098.2866 318.6661 0007529 339.8320 229.4493 14.73777833 00000

Orbital Elements
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM) : 7027.17054824
ECCENTRICITY : 0.00075298
INCLINATION (DEG) : 98.28667151
RIGHT ASC. OF ASC. NODE (DEG) : 318.66612544
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG) : 339.83205746
TRUE ANOMALY (DEG) : 229.38377553
APOGEE ALTITUDE (KM) : 654.32489450
PERIGEE ALTITUDE (KM) : 643.74220198

Cartographic Elements
SeparationTime from LiftOff(s): 1110.60000000
ALTITUDE (KM) : 657.48165628
LOCAL EARTH RADIUS (KM) : 6373.13120429
VELOCITY (KM/SEC) : 7.52776232
FLIGHT PATH ANGLE (DEG) : 90.03276520
AZIMUTH (DEG) : 189.47395402
GEODETIC LATITUDE (DEG) : -29.02958913
EAST LONGITUDE (DEG) : 75.04090553


PROITERES first decode !

First report is reached from Germany (DK3WN)!

07:36 UTC very low 3 deg pass, 9 Sep 2012
s1 ec 77 91 00
proiteres
s1 ec 78 91 00



PROITERES first heard !

I, JE9PEL heard CW signal, you will understand CW such as 'PROITERES'.
10:24-10:31UTC, 9 Sep 2012, Ele 4 E-EN, 437.485MHz, Yokohama Japan
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/20909pro.wav


AMSAT-UK
http://www.uk.amsat.org/10201#more-10201

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/proiters.htm

Plasma Powered Amateur Radio Satellite PROITERES Launched

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PROITERES was built by a team of students and faculty members of Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) and the spacecraft aims to demonstrate powered flight using a Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) engine.

Mike Rupprecht DK3WN reported hearing PROITERES, callsign JL3YZK, on 437.485 MHz at 07:36 UT.

PROITERES stands for PRoject of OIT Electric-Rocket-Engine Onboard Small Space Ship and transmits on 437.485 MHz FM/AFSK. The spacecraft carries a high-resolution camera and the two CPU's run the Linux operating system.

http://www.uk.amsat.org/10201#more-10201

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First images from SPOT 6

13 september 2012

Just three days after its launch

Astrium Services has posted the first images from the SPOT 6 satellite, just three days after its launch on 9 September.

This 1.5-metre-resolution image of Bora-Bora was taken over a 60-km swath.

SPOT 6 will assure continuity of data from the series of satellites operating since 1986, along with many technological innovations. Its unique responsiveness and acquisition capacity are set to benefit a broad spectrum of operational applications.

These first images present very varied landscapes, highlighting SPOT 6's potential for applications like urban and natural resource mapping or agricultural and environmental monitoring. The wide imaging swath (60km), identical to that of the other SPOT satellites, makes SPOT 6 an ideal tool for covering vast territories, while its 1.5m resolution - against 2.5m on SPOT 5 - enables it to distinguish smaller features than ever before.

To post the images, all operational systems swung smoothly into action, from satellite tasking to image acquisition, reception and processing.

In January 2014, the arrival of SPOT 7 will bring more new services including daily revisits. Together, the SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 constellation will assure continued availability of high-resolution, wide-area products through to 2024.

The first SPOT 6 images can be viewed in the image gallery on Astrium GEO-Information Services' website

http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/news2/first-images-from-spot-6.html

http://www.astrium.eads.net/node.php?articleid=8980
http://www.astrium-geo.com/

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