SpaceX F9: Twilight Mission - 2026-01-11 13:44:00 UTC

ps_observer · January 10, 2026, 6:00pm

Topic to share information on the upcoming SpaceX Twilight mission launch (SpaceX).

last update: 2026-01-11 10:00 UTC

Temporary NORAD ID	Satellite	Frequency	Notes	Deployed
UHF
98419	Flamingo-1	401.050 MHz	FM	-
98414	Hydra 2	401.320 MHz	FM	-
98457	ConnectaIoT-13	401.510 MHz	GMSK 4800.0	-
98458	ConnectaIoT-14	401.520 MHz	GMSK 4800.0	-
98459	ConnectaIoT-15	401.530 MHz	GMSK 4800.0	-
98460	ConnectaIoT-16	401.540 MHz	GMSK 4800.0	-
AMATEUR UHF
98416	DCUBED-1	435.225 MHz	FM	-
S-Band
98415	PANDORA	2211.900 MHz	FM	-
98418	SPARCS	2225.500 MHz	FM	-
98459	ConnectaIoT-15	2240.000 MHz	GMSK 4000000.0	-
98460	ConnectaIoT-16	2240.000 MHz	GMSK 4000000.0	-
98419	Flamingo-1	2240.000 MHz	FM	-
98417	CARBSAR	2243.333 MHz	FM	-

K4KDR · January 10, 2026, 6:33pm

Thank you for posting!

Unless I missed something, looks like -40- more sats for us:

K4KDR · January 10, 2026, 11:03pm

For Flamingo-1, ITU shows 401.05 & 2240 MHz… both on the narrow side. Since there’s 20 kHz of doppler at 401, I’ll be curious to see what that signal turns out to be. Might also be a data entry mistake as well when those 2025-07-03 updates were posted.

K4KDR · January 10, 2026, 11:17pm

Dcubed-1 is also listed in ITU @ 435.225 and sounds like an interesting project: “Dcubed-1 (internally known as ARAQYS-D1) “BOOM! THERE IT IS”, a 3U satellite that will manufacture a 60 cm ISM boom directly in free space.” ( Dcubed Powers Ahead: Introducing ARAQYS – The Power Solution for Space - Dcubed ) Sadly, it doesn’t appear to belong in Amateur spectrum but no need to waste space adding that comment to so many of our posts.

K4KDR · January 10, 2026, 11:25pm

… other than the new Connecta sats on this deployment (likely on 869.525 LoRaWAN), it looks like most of the rest of these ride-share sats are members of existing constellations that primarily use S- and X-Band for relatively high-bandwidth downloads of data from their sensors, cameras, etc. But, it seems like there are always some surprises in these mass deployments, so we’ll find out soon!

fredy · January 11, 2026, 10:00am

I’ve updated DB with some satellite entries, more details on the updated first post.

TLE sets will be posted later.

fredy · January 11, 2026, 1:38pm

TLE sets for the (new) launch time 2026-01-11 13:44 UTC:

CONNECTA IOT-13
1 98457U          26011.63747685 -.00000433  00000-0 -21023-4 0 00006
2 98457 097.4502 012.5544 0006763 170.9821 322.2362 15.18538880000011
CONNECTA IOT-14
1 98458U          26011.63714120 -.00000441  00000-0 -21326-4 0 00000
2 98458 097.4444 012.5540 0007385 162.6953 328.7093 15.18623462000022
CONNECTA IOT-15
1 98459U          26011.63893519 -.00000418  00000-0 -21182-4 0 00005
2 98459 097.4511 012.5562 0001435 096.6403 044.4118 15.17071252000010
CONNECTA IOT-16
1 98460U          26011.63878472 -.00000432  00000-0 -21757-4 0 00002
2 98460 097.4530 012.5564 0001422 139.0856 001.1603 15.17289277000012
Flamingo-1
1 98419U          26011.57430556  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    08
2 98419  97.4500  12.1270 0001449   0.0000 144.8055 15.13677675    04
DCUBED-1
1 98416U          26011.57430556  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    05
2 98416  97.4500  12.1270 0001449   0.0000 144.8055 15.13677675    01
PANDORA
1 98415U          26011.57430556  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    04
2 98415  97.4500  12.1270 0001449   0.0000 144.8055 15.13677675    00
SPARCS
1 98418U          26011.57430556  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    07
2 98418  97.4500  12.1270 0001449   0.0000 144.8055 15.13677675    03
CARSBSAR
1 98417U          26011.57430556  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    06
2 98417  97.4500  12.1270 0001449   0.0000 144.8055 15.13677675    02

yurimdias · January 11, 2026, 2:02pm

I have added the suggestion for Hydra-2, which should also be transmitting over UHF.
Furthermore, I updated Flamingo’s downlink mode.

fredy · January 11, 2026, 2:12pm

Similar to the above, TLE for HYDRA 2:

HYDRA 2
1 98414U          26011.57430556  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    03
2 98414  97.4500  12.1270 0001449   0.0000 144.8055 15.13677675    09

yurimdias · January 11, 2026, 3:25pm

Hi @fredy

I have generated two TLEs from the deployment that I got data from:

Flamingo-1
1 98419U          26011.61787984  .00000000  00000-0  38689-3 0  9998
2 98419  97.4515  12.9954 0006255 137.5013 241.6723 15.17081042    17
Hydra-2
1 98414U          26011.61429188  .00000000  00000-0  10027-2 0  9997
2 98414  97.4560  12.9912 0004309 139.7313 219.8438 15.16782699    16

ps_observer · January 11, 2026, 3:54pm

Hi @fredy,
new TLE for Connecta satellites

CONNECTA IOT-13
1 99913U 26004    26011.63875000 -.00000438  00000-0 -21486-4 0 00007
2 99913 097.4530 013.0153 0009360 160.5517 332.6083 15.18157190000011
CONNECTA IOT-14
1 99914U 26004    26011.63841435 -.00000444  00000-0 -21738-4 0 00000
2 99914 097.4477 013.0149 0010074 155.5200 335.8255 15.18237927000028
CONNECTA IOT-15
1 99915U 26004    26011.64021991 -.00000432  00000-0 -22096-4 0 00004
2 99915 097.4540 013.0173 0004058 126.2793 014.7754 15.16712070000015
CONNECTA IOT-16
1 99916U 26004    26011.64006944 -.00000435  00000-0 -22097-4 0 00000
2 99916 097.4560 013.0174 0004350 140.3981 359.8513 15.16938971000016

Best regards,
Marina

cgbsat · January 11, 2026, 4:40pm

All four CONNECTA IOT satellites were active just now. About 2 mins late on Fredy’s elements.

PE0SAT · January 11, 2026, 4:41pm

DCUBED-1 was not active at 435.225

Jan | PE0SAT

EU1SAT · January 11, 2026, 4:43pm

Also nothing heard

dl7ndr · January 11, 2026, 4:49pm

DCUBED-1:
14:5x UTC (MEL 15°)
16:2x UTC (MEL 60°)

No sig.

cgbsat · January 11, 2026, 4:49pm

CARBSAR and CONNECTA also active on the designated S-band frequencies.

fredy · January 11, 2026, 5:34pm

I think that CONNECTA are not from the beginning active in S-band, so probably the signal is from Flamingo-1 at 2240 MHz

pe2bz · January 11, 2026, 6:53pm

Nothing seen on or around 2211 MHz 4 MHz wide that pass

K4KDR · January 11, 2026, 7:42pm

If, by chance, anyone sets up to look for the 869.525 MHz LoRaWAN downlink from the new Connecta-IOT sats, please speak up if you see anything.

To date, that family of sats has (correctly) only been active over EU on that downlink, but that won’t stop me from monitoring 13/14/15/16 “just in case” they are transmitting before fully setting up their geo-fencing. Thanks!

ps_observer · January 11, 2026, 8:42pm

hello again @fredy , new TLE set for Connecta IoT-13 and IoT-15

Connecta IoT-13 
1 99913U 26004    26011.87479167  .00003782  00000-0  18543-3 0 00009
2 99913 097.4550 013.2476 0009933 159.7265 182.6622 15.18160260000013
Connecta IoT-15
1 99915U 26004    26011.74979167 -.00007208  00000-0 -36963-3 0 00007
2 99915 097.4560 013.1253 0003993 124.7486 254.1885 15.16627962000016

Best regards,
Marina