ArcticSat-1 (RS74S) Transmissions

From what I’ve seen and know, we don’t have any official publication about this yet. For now, it seems to be one of the many collective outbreaks I’ve seen happening in the community.

It’s likely we’ll have something but nothing is confirmed yet (as far as I know :zany_face:)

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TLM seen quite strong as this Cubesat passed over Myanmar, but no SSTV signals…

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"The ArcticSat-1 satellite will begin its long-awaited SSTV broadcast this Friday!

Frequency: 435.890 MHz
Broadcast coverage: worldwide
Protocol: SSTV Robot 36
Broadcast start: May 15, 2026, 00:00 UTC (03:00 MSK, Friday)
Scheduled broadcast end: May 18, 2026, 00:00 UTC (03:00 MSK, Sunday)
A total of 4 images, 150-second intervals.

As usual, transmission may be interrupted without prior notice due to rising temperatures, low batteries, etc.

:pensive_face: This is likely the last broadcast from ArcticSat-1. ArcticSat-1 is expected to complete its space mission on June 4."

Now we have an official source!! This time, no more collective outbreaks :smiley:

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My CAT cable did a great job :zany_face::rofl:

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ARCTICSAT - 1 over VU Region

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A low satellite pass. This is all my Yagi antenna could manage from the city center. JN87ng

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2026-05-15 07:26 (7°)

RS74S transmitted telemetry at 19k2!
2026-05-15T07:25:45Z RS74S 5x 19k2.wav.zip (607.1 KB)

For decoding use gr-satellites with this updated
ARCTICSAT-1.yml.txt (711 Bytes)

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2026-05-15 08:54

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lazy cat over :indonesia: 2026-05-15 14:03 UTC

why cat? why ?

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I swear, it’s these cats that are knocking the satellites out of orbit… am I right?

Eastern US: 2026-05-15 14:53UTC


Heads up… As one may expect, this bird’s coming early. I heard the SSTV signal about 30 second before I was supposed to get AOS. Didn’t decode, of course, but better to be early that late right now.

C

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I actually think we can stop calling this satellite ArcticSat-1.

How about ArcticCat-1 :rofl: ??

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agree. its better name. btw the sstv image proved that the giant octopus was eaten by the cat

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SSTV gallery at sonik.space

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2026-05-16 09:08

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First time receiving SSTV image!! With Baofeng and stock antenna.

2026-05-16 09:09

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Nice! Welcome to the addiction!

My first (several) SSTV’s were on a Baofeng! Ive built up a little since then, but youre in good company!

Welcome!

C

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Hello all,

I see, that the telemetry transmission has switched to 19k2. Is there a USP-Soundmodem available anywhere? My version here supports only to 9k6Bd.

here is trick by @sv2hwm :slight_smile:

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