BTW - Feel free to post some desired times over the next week for SSDV downlinks. We’ll accommodate what we can.
Dave
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That’s great news!
If the spacecraft is ready by 27-Feb, then the following pass is positioned well for Virginia (me) and Rhode Island (N6RFM)
27-Feb 05:12:30 utc → 05:14:30 utc
… Thank you!
A 2nd request for later on 27-Feb for the VA/RI corridor would be:
27-Feb 11:37:30 utc → 11:39:00 utc
… Thank you!
If the operational dates turn out to be farther out, then please consider for the list another VA/RI pass:
1-Mar 04:37:30 utc → 04:39:30 utc
… Thank you!
Thanks! The 27-Feb 05:12 time is during a pass that goes directly over our ground station, so we will attempt tweeting on that pass. I think the 27-Feb 11:37 time should be clear for SSDV’ing.
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Thank you for your flexible offer.
Regarding the desired times, I would like to request the following slot for East Asia: 27-Feb 14:19 – 14:22 (UTC).
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Requesting for this times over VU Region
27-Feb 03:34 UTC - 3:41 UTC
27-Feb 16:53 UTC - 17:00 UTC
The following SSDV events have been scheduled:
2026-02-26T06:13:14
2026-02-26T10:02:05
2026-02-26T10:02:05
2026-02-26T14:16:29
2026-02-26T15:14:25
2026-02-26T18:06:28
2026-02-27T00:39:00
2026-02-27T02:41:55
2026-02-27T03:51:00
2026-02-27T05:08:23
2026-02-27T06:43:53
2026-02-27T08:57:09
2026-02-27T11:36:00
2026-02-27T13:11:23
2026-02-27T14:09:24
2026-02-27T14:19:00
2026-02-27T17:01:17
2026-02-28T01:09:00
2026-02-28T01:36:47
2026-02-28T05:38:33
2026-02-28T09:27:20
2026-02-28T13:41:35
2026-02-28T17:31:31
2026-03-01T02:06:45
2026-03-01T03:15:00
2026-03-01T04:33:08
2026-03-01T04:37:00
2026-03-01T08:21:50
2026-03-01T12:36:03
2026-03-01T13:34:00
2026-03-01T16:25:52
2026-03-02T01:01:07
2026-03-02T05:02:49
2026-03-02T08:51:32
2026-03-02T12:28:14
2026-03-02T13:05:38
2026-03-02T16:55:29
2026-03-03T03:56:51
2026-03-03T07:45:28
2026-03-03T11:59:37
2026-03-03T12:57:31
2026-03-03T15:49:23
2026-03-04T00:24:23
2026-03-04T04:26:02
2026-03-04T08:14:40
2026-03-04T10:53:10
2026-03-04T11:51:14
2026-03-04T12:28:35
2026-03-04T16:18:22
2026-03-05T03:19:29
2026-03-05T07:08:02
2026-03-05T12:19:57
2026-03-05T23:46:33
2026-03-06T11:13:09
2026-03-06T22:39:36
2026-03-07T23:07:36
2026-03-08T10:33:55
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That’s great news! Nice to see SilverSat back to work. A small question - did you left the transmission duration the same or made it a minute-two longer? I made a quick look at the schedule and one transmission(27.02 00:39) will be partially visible(00:41-00:51) from my location but it will be at 3 a.m. so it won’t be easy)
Could you please add these times also:
28th Feb 03:00 UTC
28th Feb 16:09 UTC
1st Mar 16:40 UTC
2nd Mar 02:26 UTC
2nd Mar 15:33 UTC
Looking forward to trying my own RX of the new SilverSat image later tonight, but found a pristine SatNogs capture to test my setup.
First thing I noticed was almost 5 minutes of downlink! Not only does that allow MANY repeats of each frame (in case you missed one), but people will be able to RX a signal of that duration over a long distance of ground track.
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That picture should have been taken this morning off the USA southern east coast. It will take another one tomorrow over southern California at 14:43 UTC. We are back in operation, but fair warning we did not fix the attitude issue. Looks like this picture was pointed more at the Sun.
Overall, the satellite’s orbit is degrading pretty quickly. I am hoping we can get two more weeks of camera operation.
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Thanks for the update and great job!!
I hope you’ll try to take new images frequently as the de-orbit date approaches. With some luck, you might get something really amazing!
Does the capability exist to take an image, say, at 12:00 - then downlink it at some interval until 1:00 (for example), then repeat the downlink intervals until taking the next image, etc.? I don’t doubt that this uses a lot of power - it would be an end-of-mission scenario.
Thanks!
We would have to schedule each downlink as a separate time-tagged command. At each SSDV scheduled time, the CubeSat powers on the payload board, transmits the image three times (this is done directly between the payload and the radio), then shuts down the payload board. To transmit it continuously, we’d have to schedule alot of these events one right after another.
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I got four more SSDV transmissions scheduled today:
2026-02-27T02:12:45
2026-02-27T23:32:00
2026-02-28T01:07:35
2026-03-01T01:37:35
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Thanks - I figured it would be more complicated than it sounds.
Hello,
For passes near Nanning, China:
Requested START TIME UTC:
28-Feb 00:57 UTC
02-Mar 14:11 UTC
Got it. I plan to upload your and K4KDR’s second request by 2026-02-28T04:12:11UTC.
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