ISS CubeSat Deploment (2021-03-14): TAUSAT-1, OPUSAT-II, GuaraniSat-1 (BIRDS-4), Maya-2 (BIRDS-4), Tsuru (BIRDS-4), RSP-01, WARP-01, STARS-EC

Oops probably copy paste error.

Here are the latest TLE sets from @cgbsat and @pierros. (bellow TLE set for GuaraniSat-1(99774 in DB) has 99773 as we didn’t know which of the BIRDS4 was) :

TAUSAT
1 99770U          21075.20000000  .00000000  00000-0  14382-4 0    04
2 99770  51.6436  82.6080 0002625 107.5389   8.2190 15.50030036    04

Tsuru
1 99772U          21075.15000000  .00000000  00000-0  63133-4 0    08
2 99772  51.6580  82.8824 0001000   0.0000 196.1667 15.49647139    09

GuaraniSat-1
1 99773U          21075.15000000  .00000000  00000-0  56532-4 0    04
2 99773  51.7355  82.7217 0001000 324.2557 232.2752 15.49694683    07

STARS-EC
1 99777U          21075.15000000  .00000000  00000-0  37642-4 0    09
2 99777  51.7264  82.8140 0001000   0.0000 195.6540 15.49630724    01

The TLE sets above are also used for the other satellites of the same deployment in DB and Network.

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And a quick update on the status:

  • TAUSAT-1 has been received
  • OPUSAT-II hasn’t been received
  • TSURU has been received
  • MAYA-2 has been received, see bellow for more info
  • GUARANISAT-1 has been received
  • RSP-01 has been received but is very faint
  • WARP-01 hasn’t been received
  • STARS-EC both cubesats A and B have been received but only on the CW frequencies, signal of B is very faint

About Maya-2, it seems to have issue with its transmission, in most observations of the BIRDS4 is not visible but in the four observations bellow we have a signal of it:

Around 150s-200s here:
Observation 3770705
Observation 3770687

and at start here:
Observation 3770786
Observation 3770770

In Observation 3770687 audio waveform is visible the morse code that translates to JG6YMK:

K is -.- and Y is -.-- also the other letters X(-…-) and Z(–…) doesn’t start with -.- which means that is 99% Maya-2 and for some reason (low battery?) has cut the last dash.

JG6YMK special callsign exists but it doesn’t seem to be related with satellites as I can understand from here.

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Oh, yeah, that looks about right! I was expecting something else relating to commissioning…

The heater theory seems valuable:

Edit: is there any system flag indicating the state of those heaters?

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One more update on TLE sets from @cgbsat and @pierros strf observations:

Tsuru
1 99772U          21076.15000000  .00000000  00000-0  17407-3 0    01
2 99772  51.6551  77.9906 0007849   7.2671  11.2589 15.49675068    05

GuaraniSat-1
1 99774U          21076.15000000  .00000000  00000-0  32533-3 0    00
2 99774  51.5007  77.9169 0026551 138.8066 240.5572 15.49736515    07

STARS-EC
1 99777U          21076.15000000  .00000000  00000-0  14045-3 0    01
2 99777  51.5997  77.8736 0011198 112.9024 265.1819 15.49643358    04

For TAUSAT we keep using the same set as in my previous post, I’m coping/pasting it here:

TAUSAT
1 99770U          21075.20000000  .00000000  00000-0  14382-4 0    04
2 99770  51.6436  82.6080 0002625 107.5389   8.2190 15.50030036    04
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To station owners that have received one of the BIRDS4 (Tsuru, Maya-2, GuaraniSat-1) you can get QSL card following the instructions here https://birds4.birds-project.com/contact-birds4/the-qsl-card-design-for-amateur-radio-operator.

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A quick update from latest analysis on the orbits: it shows that yesterday’s TLE sets are still good to use and describe pretty well the orbits of the satellites.

Nice, but unfortunately they accept ONLY reports generated with their software :frowning:
“Receiving by ears” it’s not an option… ( slightly adapted from famous sentence by Gene Krantz )

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https://network.satnogs.org/observations/3792010/

damage to the obligatory csv file, the passage was clean …

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I see that they ask for the decoded CW, am I missing something?

By the way here is a similar form for RSP-01:

Receiving Report | 自撮り衛星 RSP-01(Selfie-sh) a button at the top.

Nice pass, you also got Maya-2 which wasn’t too active.

I did all the passage, then into the last page they ask about a CSV dump, and this info is mandatory

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:frowning: I went until the 2nd step… I thought the third one would be a thank you message. Thanks for the info.

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New TLE set from @cgbsat for TAUSAT-1:

TAUSAT-1
1 99770U          21077.93505500  .00000000  00000-0  20000-3 0    04
2 99770  51.6500  68.8042 0001000   0.0000 266.8304 15.49905046    02

About the status of the satellites:

  • TAUSAT-1 still alive

  • OPUSAT-II hasn’t been received

  • TSURU still alive

  • MAYA-2 we got a burst around 2021-03-18 20:00 UTC but since then no reception

  • GUARANISAT-1 has stopped transmitting since 2021-03-17 10:10

  • RSP-01 still alive, but still faint

  • WARP-01 hasn’t been received

  • STARS-EC both cubesats A and B are still alive in CW frequencies with the B being faint, nothing on the other frequencies

We have 8 “0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED” TLE sets from spacetrack for this deployment. We are going to wait assignment before identify them in DB, until then these are the current fits (with bold what we follow in DB and Network):

  • TAUSAT-1: OBJECT SC(47926)

    • It’s very clear as there isn’t any other object near it
  • OPUSAT-II: haven’t been received we follow OBJECT SA(47924)

    • An almost random choice
  • TSURU: one of OBJECT SB(47925), OBJECT SD(47927)

    • 99.99% that is OBJECT SD as in some of the observations doesn’t fit OBJECT SB well, but let’s have some more observations
  • MAYA-2: one of OBJECT SF(47929), OBJECT SG(47930), OBJECT SH(47931)

    • Too close to say for sure, given also that the last good observation was ~24h ago.
  • GUARANISAT-1: one of OBJECT SF(47929), OBJECT SG(47930), OBJECT SH(47931)

    • Too close to say for sure, given also that the last good observation was more than 48h ago.
  • RSP-01: one of OBJECT SB(47925), OBJECT SD(47927), OBJECT SE(47928)

    • Given that OBJECT SD and SE are fitting better to other satellites, 90% it is OBJECT SB, however we need more observations to say for sure.
  • WARP-01: haven’t been received we follow OBJECT SH(47931)

    • An almost random choice
  • STARS-EC: OBJECT SE(47928)

    • It’s very clear as in some observations there isn’t any other object near it
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After receiving OPUSAT-II, it seems to fit one of we have changed the TLE set to follow OBJECT SF(47929), OBJECT SG(47930), OBJECT SH(47931) but it still to close to say.

I’ve changed it to follow OBJECT SH(47931) for now in DB. Still TLE sets are TBA(TO BE ASSIGNED) so we need to wait for any identification.

EDIT: Note that the TLE are 2 days old so it may fit other objects too…

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After further analysis OBJECT SB(47925) and OBJECT SD(47927) are also good candidates for OPUSAT-II.

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Hi, we had confirmed, J-SSSOD24(OBJECT SH) is OPUSAT-Ⅱ. After one week of tracking, finally getting the first signal from OPUSAT-Ⅱ.

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@eon I think we need to wait as TLE are:

  1. still TBA and
  2. almost 3 days old.

However we changed our initial NORAD ID and follow OBJECT SH(47931) for OPUSAT-II for now.

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With new TLE sets from spacetrack we have the updates bellow:

  • TAUSAT-1: identified as OBJECT SC(47926)

  • OPUSAT-II: one of OBJECT SF(47929), OBJECT SG(47930), OBJECT SH(47931)

    • We have rejected two objects, OBJECT SB(47925) and OBJECT SD(47927), the rest are still to close, we need more observations.
  • TSURU: identified as OBJECT SD(47927)

  • MAYA-2: one of OBJECT SF(47929), OBJECT SG(47930), OBJECT SH(47931)

    • From previous data as we haven’t received it for a couple of days
  • GUARANISAT-1: one of OBJECT SF(47929), OBJECT SG(47930), OBJECT SH(47931)

    • From previous data as we haven’t received it for a couple of days
  • RSP-01: identified as OBJECT SB(47925)

    • Here are the results of ikhnos on observation 3816752. SD and SE Objects looks to be close but are 100% identified as other satellites and have a slight difference on this and other observations.
  • WARP-01: haven’t been received but given the current and previous fits it should be OBJECT SA(47924), need more observations and identify all the other objects of this launch to be 100% sure.

  • STARS-EC: identified as OBJECT SE(47928)

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I’ve changed the TLE we follow for OPUSAT-II as in the latest observation there was a slight curve, so for now it is going to follow OBJECT SF(47929). As Guaranisat-1 was following OBJECT SF(47929) I decided to change it to OBJECT SH(47931) that OPUSAT-II was following.

Still the objects are too close for any identification.

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