Transporter-18 Rideshare: VSFB SLC-4E : 2026-10-01 18:32 UTC

PE0SAT · October 4, 2026, 9:58am

Live ERMINAZ-2U decode.

gr_satellites ERMINAZ-2U.yml --samp_rate 48e3 --audio

-> Packet from 9k6 FSK FEC(RS8) CCSDS TM SPP downlink
Container: 
    primary_header = Container: 
        transfer_frame_version_number = 0
        spacecraft_id = 102
        virtual_channel_id = 1
        ocf_flag = True
        master_channel_frame_count = 145
        virtual_channel_frame_count = 145
        secondary_header_flag = False
        synch_flag = False
        packet_order_flag = False
        segment_length_id = 3
        first_header_pointer = 0
    data_field = hexundump("""
    0000   01 90 C0 00 00 81 00 00 00 00 CC 71 F3 D9 CC 74   ...........q...t
    0010   55 5D 04 80 D7 22 00 0A 4E 7F 2D 35 C1 06 20 00   U]..."..N-5.. .
    0020   3E 8D 98 00 3F 58 E0 00 3D C0 20 00 3E E3 38 00   >...?X..=. .>.8.
    0030   40 49 10 00 41 99 00 00 C1 99 00 00 C2 1B C0 00   @I..A...........
    0040   FE CE 01 32 FD 91 CC E7 C5 7A BE CA 00 00 3F 53   ...2.....z....?S
    0050   C0 00 3F 5F C0 00 3E 97 E0 00 3F 47 80 00 3D 75   ..?_..>...?G..=u
    0060   00 00 3F 0C 7C 00 03 07 01 71 03 36 FF CA CC E7   ..?.|....q.6....
    0070   C4 0C BE A2 00 00 BE 44 00 00 BE 28 00 00 FF B0   .......D...(....
    0080   00 84 FF BC CC E7 DC 5E E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0   .......^........
    0090   E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0   ................
    00A0   E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0   ................
    00B0   E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0   ................
    00C0   E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 E0   ................
    00D0   E0 E0 E0 E0 E0 01 04 00 00                        .........
    """)

Jan | PE0SAT

fredy · October 4, 2026, 11:30am

Scheduling has been finished for the next two days, tomorrow I’ll start checking all the updates and do some vetting in order to start generate some orbital data and get some unknown satellites in DB.

PE0SAT · October 4, 2026, 12:59pm

ERMINAZ-2U TLE Update:

ERMINAZ-2U
1 98207U          26277.47532499  .00000000  00000-0 -12652-2 0    05
2 98207  97.4462 346.8134 0003041 135.4993 350.1017 15.16772031    01

# 20261003.80-20261004.48, 29 measurements, 0.062 kHz rms

Jan | PE0SAT

dl7ndr · October 4, 2026, 2:05pm

UNNE-1B is transmitting at 200 bps but with 1,6 kHz tone spacing what is meant to be used at 800 bps, like HADES-L.

UZ7HO adapted his SoundModem accordingly.

So I was able to afterwards decode 8 packets from the pass 2026-10-03 20:4x UTC.

[frm_type:2 len:15]
2C E8 47 01 00 3C 3E 3C 3C FF 48 42 42 44 4E 

[frm_type:12 len:62]
CC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 

[frm_type:3 len:27]
3C 24 48 01 00 24 48 01 00 01 00 16 05 00 05 00 00 01 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 

[frm_type:6 len:133]
6C 00 08 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 FF EF FF EE FF EF FF EF FF EF FF EF 00 22 00 21 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF F3 FF F3 FF F3 FF F3 FF F3 FF F3 00 65 00 62 00 64 00 64 00 64 00 64 00 11 00 0F 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF EF 00 22 00 00 FF FD FF FE 00 65 00 11 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00 00 26 

[frm_type:10 len:15]
AC 7E 48 01 00 00 00 03 00 00 01 02 00 02 01 

[frm_type:9 len:121]
9C 18 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 00 00 A0 0F 00 00 00 00 A0 0F 00 00 00 00 D0 0F 22 00 A5 01 D0 0F D3 00 56 03 D0 0F 22 00 A5 01 D0 0F D3 00 56 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D8 0F EF FF A3 FF D8 0F 13 00 4D 00 D4 0F 8C FB F8 E7 D4 0F 74 04 0B 12 

[frm_type:2 len:15]
2C BA 48 01 00 38 3C 38 38 FF 44 3C 3E 3E 48 

[frm_type:14 len:36]
EC D8 48 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

The C in the first byte is the satellite ID for UNNE-1B.

PE0SAT · October 4, 2026, 2:56pm

Andy UZ7HO has created a new sound-modem,

It is for supporting the new ERMINAZ satellites, the software can be downloaded via the following link.

Jan | PE0SAT

pe2bz · October 4, 2026, 2:58pm

If I have to choose between 3.84 MHz or 1.92 MHz I need the 3.84 MHz ?

holagus · October 4, 2026, 5:07pm

Were any of the CubeSats deployed from OSSIE-D able to establish communications? So far, it looks like only the PocketQubes were successful.

DL4PD · October 4, 2026, 5:48pm

I would like to suggest to not schedule CW transmissions on the ERMINAZ mission. From a post-processing view it is ways more efficient to use the GMSK 9600 mode even if there is no native demodulator in SatNOGS yet. It simply makes post-processing the stored audio impossible, because the CW filter does its work and filters most of the signal’s energy. The CW is still decodeable, sometimes even with an eye

Please use GMSK 9600 for future observations of ERMINAZ-2*!

Thanks for any reports - and btw: we’re looking for some more telemetry of ERMINAZ-2V and watch out for ERMINAZ-2X that has not yet been received!

Kudos to all!

EA4SG · October 4, 2026, 11:18pm

Around 436.100 I see strong wide signals ussing Hades-L orbit TLEs. Maybe LoRa signals? Any idea if those signals could come from any sat of Transporter-18?

K4KDR · October 4, 2026, 11:22pm

Could you share an I/Q recording of that? Thanks!

K4KDR · October 5, 2026, 12:40am

My entire I/Q file from this morning’s pass has finally uploaded and may be found at:

https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//sidloc/

(3M sample rate float-32 centered at 401.500)

… using the ‘analysis’ branch from:

https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/sidloc/gr-sidloc/-/tree/analysis?ref_type=heads

… I processed that entire file and the output indicated strong SIDLOC candidates in the section between 606.5 seconds and 610 seconds. A much smaller I/Q (still samp rate = 3M) is also in the above folder as file ’ sidloc_606.5-610.cf32 ’

I would be very curious if my local processing (since I’m not familiar w/ the app) turns out to be an accurate report compared to your look at the I/Q. Thanks!

N6RFM · October 5, 2026, 4:45am

another IQ file comtribution 13.4 GB file on MEGA

Bob

N6RFM

sarc_op · October 5, 2026, 5:56am

Hi Fredy,

Sorry for the late reply (Busy last few days).

This does not seem to be CRIMSON-1 as our S-Band is on 2217MHz. Thanks

DL4PD · October 5, 2026, 6:20am

Anyone interested in testing this?
Still highly experimental and not tested with real hardware right now and under heavy development. Expect things to fail or even not work and a bunch of modifications during the next weeks!

bali · October 5, 2026, 7:19am

ask question. is the satyaml same with erminaz-1 ?

name: ERMINAZ-1U
norad: 99999
data:
  &tlm Telemetry:
    telemetry: erminaz
transmitters:
  # Old framing:
  9k6 FSK downlink:
    frequency: 435.775e+6
    modulation: FSK
    baudrate: 9600
    deviation: 3000
    framing: QUBIK
    data:
    - *tlm
  # New framing:
  9k6 FSK CCSDS TMTC SPP downlink:
    frequency: 435.775e+6
    modulation: FSK
    baudrate: 9600
    deviation: 4800
    framing: CCSDS Reed-Solomon
    frame size: 128
    RS basis: conventional
    scrambler: CCSDS
    data:
    - *tlm

bali · October 5, 2026, 7:23am

i see yamcs and tx frontend. we can send command to satellites ? wow

DL4PD · October 5, 2026, 7:43am

To use the digipeater on those satellites you will have to „send commands“

PE0SAT · October 5, 2026, 7:47am

Working ERMINAZ-2x Yaml files can be found at this location.

You can try the IQ files but they don’t seem to have enough SNR.

Jan | PE0SAT

DL4PD · October 5, 2026, 7:48am

Correct satyaml files are included in the repo! They are copies of the ones located at @PE0SAT‘s website!

fredy · October 5, 2026, 9:12am

TLE update for NIS-PQ:

NIS-PQ
1 98225U 26227BL  26278.25207236  .00000000  00000-0  29980-3 0    01
2 98225  97.4462 347.1840 0003041 135.4993 270.5423 15.16952738    09

For now will use this TLE for SIDLOC PQs too, so here are the additional TLE:

SIDLOC PQ-03
1 98204U 26227BL  26278.25207236  .00000000  00000-0  29980-3 0    08
2 98204  97.4462 347.1840 0003041 135.4993 270.5423 15.16952738    06
SIDLOC PQ-04
1 98203U 26227BL  26278.25207236  .00000000  00000-0  29980-3 0    07
2 98203  97.4462 347.1840 0003041 135.4993 270.5423 15.16952738    05
SIDLOC PQ-05
1 98202U 26227BL  26278.25207236  .00000000  00000-0  29980-3 0    06
2 98202  97.4462 347.1840 0003041 135.4993 270.5423 15.16952738    04
SIDLOC PQ-06
1 98201U 26227BL  26278.25207236  .00000000  00000-0  29980-3 0    05
2 98201  97.4462 347.1840 0003041 135.4993 270.5423 15.16952738    03