The same also applies to my STRF runs, I have checked all passes from deployment until today, and no signals received that could be part of this deployment.
Yes these are the candidates for the J-SSOD#32 satellites.
I’ve just done it and I’m going to re-schedule observations.
Below a pass showing the 5 new objects (1998-067**) against the one we used until now (RSP-03).
As we can see it seems that the TLE generated based on GHS-01 signals is close to the real ones (after 3-4 days of the observations) which kind of verifies that these signals were coming from GHS-01.
This is the random selections (with some notes, check below) for objects to follow for each satellite:
Satellite
Selected NORAD ID to follow
RSP-03
65729
GHS-01
65731
DRAGONFLY
65732
STARS-ME2
65733
Notes:
For GHS-01 I’ve used the good observations and it seems that fits better 65731, however this should not be enough to identify it. We will need more observations
65730 is more separated than the others, a wild guess is that it is the “Atsushi Space Challenge” satellite. This is based on the nature of the mission that, I guess, doesn’t have subsystems in it, so its weight is different from the other cubesats, so maybe this explains the difference. Again this is a speculation that may not be true!
There is another interesting RSP-03 observation at:
… instead of just a center carrier / CW-type waveform, there are non-stop data packets. Unfortunately I’ve not yet been able to decode them w/ any of our standard baud rates & FSK framing types.
However, around the 1:30 point, there is clearly CW being transmitted as well. Sadly, it’s covered by the data packets so you don’t get much of a CW decode either.
We noticed that CelesTrak has updated the catalog, and RSP-03 appears as object 65732.
In addition to this, RymanSat has actually received weak CW signals near 437.05 MHz over Japan, and based on this confirmation we have officially started uplink/downlink challenge operations (see: https://x.com/RymanSat/status/1971854527482810875
).
Our intention here is not to request an immediate change of the TLE in DB, but simply to share information that may help the community. If more validated evidence becomes available, we would like to formally propose an update of the TLE association. Of course, we respect SatNOGS maintainers’ autonomy and final judgment on such changes.
Thanks, Best Regards,
czh00361(estima5633)
Rymansat project
Thanks for the information, unfortunately I haven’t found some time to check the latest observations based on the new TLE, I don’t have any updates.
Given that “RymanSat has actually received weak CW signals near 437.05 MHz” then I guess the 65732 choice is based on this, so I’m going to change the NORAD ID to follow in DB for now and keep watching.
Thanks for considering the update to 65732.
This was not a final decision from the whole RymanSat team, but a step to help move things forward. We’ll keep sharing updates from our side, and we welcome any suggestions from the SatNOGS community. Let’s keep the momentum and continue working together.
We recently had two SatNOGS observations of RSP-03 at the same pass (around 2025-09-28 11:18 UTC):
Station #183 (SPUTNIX-R2ANF): clear GMSK9k6 AX.25 signal was visible and marked as Good → link to obs #12462250
Station #3117 (RA3PPY, nearby region): no clear signal detected, status Unknown → link to obs #12462251
Both observations used the same transmitter definition (437.050 MHz, GMSK 9600), and I confirmed that IQ recordings are unfortunately not available from either station.
For reference, the New TLE I used for scheduling was:
At this point, I see this as an encouraging sign that the new TLE may be close enough to enable reception.
However, without IQ recordings I don’t have a way to validate whether this was a genuine signal or just a local artifact.
At this point, I see this as an encouraging sign that the new TLE may be close enough to enable reception.
However, without IQ data I cannot confirm whether this was a genuine RSP-03 signal or just a local artifact.
add) As a note, I also found a similar waterfall trace in an earlier observation scheduled with an ISS TLE right after launch (obs #12423826).
This makes me cautious that such features might also be local artifacts rather than true spacecraft signals.
For now, I’ll keep posting any SatNOGS observations that look promising.
On the Rymansat side, we’ll also continue to share if we get new information from commanding or telemetry.
Just to clarify: the “New TLE” I shared is not my own fit, but the official set for OBJECT XL (65732) as published by Celestrak / Space-Track. RSP-03 change to New TLE 65732.
1 65732U 98067XL 25270.88009779 .00075567 00000-0 12063-2 0 9991
2 65732 51.6326 157.9721 0000513 162.5786 197.5222 15.52515584 1329
My apologies if my wording caused any misunderstanding. While SatNOGS measurements were possible, IQ recordings were unfortunately not saved. If you could try recording IQ at your station, that would be greatly appreciated — and any further analysis you could provide would also be very valuable.
Unfortunately on both of them as well as on the third you linked the signals are terrestrial, for example check below the results of ikhnos analysis for observation 12423826, check how the red line, which shows the path that signal should follow to fit the specific object, doesn’t fit the signal and how the purple line, which shows the path the a terrestrial signal should follow, fits the observed signal on the waterfall:
Thank you for the clear explanation. Now I understand that this can be technically verified by comparing the observed signal track against the expected Doppler curve from the TLE.
This really helps me to see why the signals matched the terrestrial reference instead of the satellite path.
If there is a publicly available tool for this kind of analysis, I would be grateful if you could point me to it.